Table 1.

Characteristics of patients (n = 205)

Characteristic	Value
Male gender, n (%)	134 (65.4)
Age (years), mean ± SD	58.1 ± 13.4
Body mass index (kg/m2), mean ± SD	28.1 ± 5.2
Diabetes type 1, n (%)	50/201a (24.9)
Diabetes type 2, n (%)	151/201a (75.1)
Coronary disease, n (%)	19 (9.3)
Hypercholesterolemia, n (%)	140 (68.6)
Hypertriglyceridemia, n (%)	32 (15.6)
Hypertension, n (%)	120 (58.8)
Myocardial infarction, n (%)	7 (3.4)
Stroke, n (%)	5 (2.4)
Gout, n (%)	4 (2.0)

^aType of diabetes was unknown for three patients