Table 2. Patient characteristics: Acarbose-free vs acarbose.

Characteristic	Acarbose-free group	Acarbose group	P
Patients, n	215	89	-
Age, years	54.8±10.4	54.2±12.5	0.439
Males, n (%)	113 (52.6)	52 (58.4)	0.377
Fasting plasma glucose, mmol/L	9.62±3.77	9.99±4.48	0.585
Postprandial plasma glucose, mmol/L	18.70±5.78	17.51±7.34	0.301
HbA1c, mmol/mol	72.68±1.31	70.93±2.51	0.584
HbA1c, %	8.80±2.27	8.64±2.38	0.584
Fructosamine, mmol/L	361.4±103.4	386.95±118.06	0.126
Chronic complications, n (%)	142 (66.0)	44 (49.4)	<0.01
Acute complications, n (%)	10 (4.7)	3 (3.4)	0.762
Hypoglycemia medications, n (%)
Insulin	51 (23.7%)	11 (12.4%)	>0.05
Oral	112 (52.1%)	57 (64.0%)
Both	52 (24.2%)	21 (23.6%)

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

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