Table 1.
Baseline characteristics by treatment group
| Baseline |
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|---|---|---|
| Standard | Intensive | |
| Age (years) | 60.3 | 60.5 |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 873 | 866 |
| Female | 26 | 26 |
| Duration of T2DM (years) | 11.5 | 11.5 |
| Previous major cardiovascular event | 368 | 355 |
| Hypertension | 650 | 642 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| Non-Hispanic white | 572 | 539 |
| Hispanic white | 136 | 155 |
| Black | 147 | 152 |
| Other | 44 | 46 |
| HbA1c (%) | 9.4 | 9.4 |
| Weight (pounds) | 214 | 214 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 31.2 | 31.3 |
| Blood pressure (mmHg) | ||
| Systolic | 132 | 131 |
| Diastolic | 76 | 76 |
| Lipids (mg/dL) | ||
| Total cholesterol | 185 | 182 |
| LDL | 108 | 107 |
| HDL | 36 | 36 |
| Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 223 | 201 |
| Creatinine (mg/dL) | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Smoking status | ||
| Current | 145 | 154 |
| Past | 505 | 494 |
| Never | 247 | 244 |
Data are mean or n. Data were published in part previously (9).