Table 1.
Demographics and medical history of patients in the DM/non-DM group and CAD/non-CAD group.
| All patients (n = 86) | DM (n = 50) | Non-DM (n = 36) | P value | CAD (n = 45) | Non-CAD (n = 41) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age, years (±SD) | 65 (±9) | 65 (±8.9) | 62 (±10.1) | 0.57 | 67 (±11.8) | 75 (±14.1) | 0.19 |
| Sex (male, n, %) | 58 (67.4) | 33 (60) | 25 (69) | 0.51 | 28 (62) | 29 (70) | 0.39 |
| BMI (kg/m2) (±SD) | 29 (±5.9) | 31 | 26 | 0.4 | 28 | 30 | 0.51 |
| Hypertension (n, %) | 75 (87) | 45 (90) | 30 (83) | 0.55 | 40 (88.8) | 35 (85) | 0.64 |
| DM (n, %) | 50 (58.1) | 0.8 | |||||
| (i) Insulin | 21 (42) | 12 (26.6) | 10 (24.4) | 0.9 | |||
| (ii) Oral | 28 (56) | 14 (31) | 13 (31) | 0.95 | |||
| (iii) Diet only | 1 (2) | 1 (2) | 0 | ||||
| (iv) Non-DM | 0 | 36 (100) | 18 (40) | 18 (43.9) | 0.87 | ||
| CAD (n, %) | 45 (52.3) | 28 (56) | 17 (47) | 0.56 | 45 (100) | 0 | |
| COPD (n, %) | 11 (12.8) | 7 (14) | 4 (11) | 0.3 | 7 (15.5) | 4 (9) | 0.42 |
| Hypercholesterolemia (n, %) | 52 (60.5) | 27 (54) | 25 (69) | 0.1 | 27 (60) | 25 (62) | 0.79 |
| Previous stroke/TIA (n, %) | 8 (9.3) | 5 (10) | 3 (8) | 0.85 | 4 (8) | 4 (9) | 0.89 |
| Smoking (n, %) | 38 (44.2) | 21 (42) | 17 (47) | 0.54 | 18 (40) | 20 (48.7) | 0.24 |
BMI: body mass index; CAD: coronary artery disease; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; DM: diabetes mellitus; SD: standard deviation: TIA: transient ischemic attack.