Table 1.

Demographic, clinical, and biochemical characteristics of T2DM patients and healthy subjects in the studied population.

Population demographics
	T2DM cases n = 277	Nondiabetic controls n = 297	p ∗
Age (years)	58 ± 12	45 ± 16	<0.0001
Male : female ratio	115 : 162	151 : 146	0.02
Number of hypertensive	180	55
Number of Normotensive	97	236
BMI	31.93 ± 6.3	28.57 ± 6.23	<0.0001
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)	8.99 ± 7.23	5.63 ± 7.23	<0.0001
Systolic blood pressure	129.97 ± 17.24	122.50 ± 15.65	<0.0001
Diastolic blood pressure	70.0 ± 11.0	71.35 ± 11.45	0.6197
HBA1c (mmol/L)	7.6 ± 1.6	5.59 ± 0.56	<0.0001

Data shown is mean ± SD unless specified otherwise, ^∗Student's t-test.