Table 1.
Patients characteristics.
| All patients (N = 181) | Macrovascular complications (N = 46) |
P a | Microvascular complications (N = 34) | P b | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male genderc | 105 (58.0) | 29 (63.0) | 0.423d | 23 (67.6) | 0.206d |
| Age (years) | 64.0 (58.5–70.5) | 64.0 (58.8–72.3) | 0.495 | 64.0 (58.0–75.3) | 0.251 |
| Duration of T2D (years) | 11.0 (6.0–17.0) | 16.0 (7.0–23.5) | 0.003 | 20.5 (11.0–27.0) | 0.000 |
| HbA1c (%) [mmol/mol] | 6.9 (6.3–7.6) [52 (45–60)] | 6.7 (5.9–7.4) [50 (41–57)] | 0.143 | 6.5 (5.8–7.7) [48 (40–61)] | 0.020 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 30.0 (28.0–33.3) | 30.0 (27.0–33.1) | 0.741 | 29 (25.8–32.4) | 0.191 |
| Blood pressure systolic (mmHg) | 135.0 (130.0–145.0) | 140.0 (128.8–150.5) | 0.257 | 139.0 (119.3–149.0) | 0.759 |
| Blood pressure diastolic (mmHg) | 80.0 (70.0–80.0) | 75.0 (65.8–80.0) | 0.014 | 72.0 (63.0–80.0) | 0.000 |
| Total cholesterol (mmol/L) | 4.2 (3.5–5.0) | 3.9 (3.1–4.5) | 0.004 | 3.7 (2.9–4.7) | 0.002 |
| LDL cholesterol (mmol/L) | 2.4 (1.9–3.1) | 2.3 (1.5–2.7) | 0.047 | 2.0 (1.5–2.4) | 0.004 |
| HDL cholesterol (mmol/L) | 1.1 (1.0–1.4) | 1.1 (0.9–1.3) | 0.009 | 1.1 (0.9–1.4) | 0.323 |
| TAG (mmol/L) | 1.6 (1.2–2.4) | 1.7 (1.1–2.2) | 0.587 | 1.3 (0.9–2.1) | 0.046 |
aComparison between patients with and without macrovascular complications. bComparison between patients with and without microvascular complications.
Data are shown as median (25%–75%), except for c N (%). P values were calculated using Mann-Whitney test, except for dchi square test.