Table 1. Patient characteristics: Treatment vs nontreatment.

Characteristic	Treatment group	Nontreatment group	P
Patients, n	304	84	-
Age, years	54.63±11.05	49.10±13.25	<0.0005
Males, n (%)	165 (54.3)	48 (57.1)	0.711
Fasting plasma glucose, mmol/L	9.71±3.98	10.47±5.82	0.163
Postprandial plasma glucose, mmol/L	16.81±6.32	18.70±5.78	0.026
HbA1c, (%)	8.76±2.30	10.57±2.86	<0.0005
Fructosamine, mmol/L	367.71±107.52	440.65±142.74	<0.0005
Chronic complications, n (%)	186 (61.2)	33 (39.3)	<0.0005
Acute complications, n (%)	13 (4.3)	11 (13.1)	0.008

Data are presented as mean ± SD, number, or percentage

P values were calculated using Student’s t test or χ2 test