Table 1:

Basic Data (n, x̄±s)

Group	Number of cases		Age (yr)	TCSS Score			Duration of Diabetes (year)	Duration of peripheral neuropathy (year)	Fasting blood sugar(mmol/L)
	Male	Female		6–8	9–11	12–19
Control	21	17	56.8±21.6	9	18	11	13.9±6.7	3.3±2.3	8.1±0.7
Observation	20	18	57.5±20.4	10	19	9	14.4±6.9	3.2±2.4	8.3±0.9
t/χ2	0.147		10.231	0.719			11.541	14.186	9.989