. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Investig Med. 2015 Oct;63(7):856–861. doi: 10.1097/JIM.0000000000000226

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of the study participants.

Variable	Diabetes (n=7)	Control (n=8)	P
Age (years)	43 ± 5	35 ± 7	0.05
Body mass index (kg/m²)	35 ± 9	25 ± 2	0.03
Waist circumference (cm)	102 ± 18	84 ± 10	0.02
Resting heart rate (bpm)	68 ± 5	62 ± 7	0.07
Resting systolic BP (mmHg)	117 ± 7	102 ± 9	0.02
Resting diastolic BP (mmHg)	75 ± 4	65 ± 5	0.03
Ethnicity
Caucasian, n (%)	1 (14%)	3 (38%)	0.03
African-American, n (%)	4 (58%)	2 (25%)	0.02
Hispanic, n (%)	1 (14%)	2 (25%)	0.14
Asian, n (%)	1 (14%)	1 (12%)	0.67
Hemoglobin A1c	7.4 ± 1.2	--	--

BP: blood pressure