Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the participants according to study group

Variable
Number of participants	32
Age (years)	57 ± 14
Male/female	13/19
Duration of diabetes (years)	18 ± 10
BMI (kg/m2)	22.6 ± 3.2
HbA1c
(%)	7.4 ± 0.8
(mmol/mol)	54.7 ± 9.2
Serum glycoalbumin (%)	22.1 ± 3.7
BP (mmHg)
Systolic	126 ± 11
Diastolic	70 ± 9
Complications (%)
Retinopathy	37.5
Neuropathy	34.5
Nephropathy	31.3

Data for continuous variables are means ± SD