Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of study sample

Demographic characteristics	Women	Men	Overall
Age, years
Mean	48.40	48.07	48.15
Median	49.5	48.0	48.0
Range	32–57	32–63	32–63
Duration of diabetes mellitus, years
Mean	4.50	4.47	4.48
Median	5.0	4.0	4.0
Range	2–7	1–10	1–10
Type of diabetes mellitus,a no.
Controlled	0	13	13
Uncontrolled	10	17	27
Total	10	30	40

^aHemoglobin A_1c concentration above 7% was defined as uncontrolled diabetes, and 7% or less as controlled diabetes.