Table 1.
Sociodemographic, clinical and biochemical characteristics of the studied patients (mean ± standard deviation)
| Parameter | Type 1 diabetes (n = 115) |
Type 2 diabetes (n = 215) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 29.8 ± 8.2 | 52.2 ± 8.5 | |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 24.9 ± 3.8 | 29.4 ± 5.5 | |
| Education | Primary and Vocational/Preuniversity/Higher | 30/42/43 | 122/70/23 |
| Place of residence | Rural/Urban | 38/77 | 164/51 |
| Marital status | Single/Married/Widower/Divorced | 32/74/2/7 | 14/192/2/7 |
| Professional activity | Currently working/Not working | 91/24 | 161/54 |
| Smoking | Never/Past/Present | 42/34/39 | 95/65/55 |
| Alcohol | Drinking/Not drinking | 67/47 | 77/137 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 125.1 ± 11.5 | 132.0 ± 16.4 | |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 78.8 ± 10.2 | 82.3 ± 12.3 | |
| Duration of diabetes (years) | 9.3 ± 7.2 | 9.4 ± 7.1 | |
| Comorbidities | Coronary artery disease | 1 | 55 |
| Hypertension | 13 | 136 | |
| Heart failure | 1 | 33 | |
| Renal failure | 1 | 26 | |
| Drugs | Oral antidiabetic/insulin/antihipertensive/statins | 0/115/13/0 | 215/100/144/97 |
| Complications of diabetes | Visual disturbances/nephropathy/polyneuropathy/diabetic foot | 20/0/7/1 | 60/21/35/8 |
| HbA1c (%) | 6.03 ± 0.99 | 6.66 ± 1.29 | |
| Glucose fasting (mg/dl) | 120.9 ± 24.3 | 129.5 ± 30.5 | |
| Glucose post-meal (120 min) (mg/dl) | 137.9 ± 24.4 | 149.9 ± 33.3 | |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dl) | 158.3 ± 26.9 | 185.1 ± 37.3 | |
| LDL-cholesterol [mg/dL] | 95.3 ± 29.3 | 101.5 ± 29.8 | |
| HDL-cholesterol [mg/dL] | 58.5 ± 14.6 | 54.4 ± 35.0 | |
| Triglycerides [mg/dL] | 135.5 ± 24.1 | 148.1 ± 45.8 | |
HbA1c glycated hemoglobin, LDL low density lipoprotein, HDL high density lipoprotein