Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of DN and control participants.

Variables	DN	Control
Number	15	15
Sex(M/F)	9/6	10/5
Age (years)	47.82 ± 6.23	46.52 ± 8.23
Blood glucose (mmol/l)	9.67 ± 1.10	4.53 ± 0.59*
HBA1c (%)	7.56 ± 0.52	4.82 ± 0.43*
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	4.96 ± 1.12	4.22 ± 1.15
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	3.12 ± 0.61	2.55 ± 0.58#
HDL-c	1.78 ± 0.55	1.64 ± 0.45
LDL-c	2.96 ± 0.88	2.34 ± 0.58
Serum creatinine (mg/dL)	1.89 ± 0.43	0.78 ± 0.33*
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL)	15.45 ± 4.82	13.46 ± 3.54
24-h proteinuria (g)	4.47 ± 1.54	3.14 ± 1.13*
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	145.56 ± 6.53	117.45 ± 7.84*
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	93.26 ± 5.34	80.56 ± 5.56*

Abbreviations: M, male; F, female; HBA1C, glycosylated hemoglobin; HDL, high density lipoprotein; LDL, low density lipoprotein.

*P < 0.01 versus control; #P < 0.05 versus control. Values are means ± E.