Table1.

Clinical and biochemical characteristics of diabetic patients with and without neuropathy

Risk factors	Neuropathy		P -value
	Present	Absent
Sex (male/female)	3/9	20/18	0.094
Age (yr)	19.7±10.1	15.7±5.4	0.20
Diabetes duration (years)	11.3±9.4	7.4±3.7	0.18
BMI (kg/m2)	21.1±2.6	19.7±3.3	0.16
Triglyceride (mg/dl)	105.6±66.5	83.7±44.7	0.35
Cholesterol (mg/dl)	158.33±34.8	188.7±64.4	0.28
HbA1c	10.58±3.05	8.63±2.1	0.016

Data are presented as Mean±SD

BMI: Body mass index; TG: Triglyceride; TC: Total cholesterol, HbA1c: Glycated hemoglobin