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. 2019 Jul;7(14):325. doi: 10.21037/atm.2019.06.08

Table 3. Comparison of demographic characteristics of patients between with and without retinopathy, neuropathy and nephropathy groups.

Variables Diabetic retinopathy, N (%)/median ± interquartile range Diabetic neuropathy, N (%)/median ± interquartile range Diabetic nephropathy, N (%)/median ± interquartile range
Yes No Statistics P Yes No Statistics P Yes No Statistics P
Gender
   Male 366 (16.1) 1,904 (83.9) 5.518 0.019 516 (22.7) 1,754 (77.3) 1.411 0.235 264 (11.6) 2,006 (88.4) 3.089 0.079
   Female 417 (18.8) 1,803 (81.2) 538 (24.2) 1,682 (75.8) 222 (10.0) 1,998 (90.0)
Age 66.0±12.0 63.0±13.0 7.174 <0.001 65.0±13.0 64.0±13.0 4.232 <0.001 66.0±10.0 64.0±13.0 3.237 0.001
Smoking
   Yes 127 (18.0) 579 (82.0) 0.176 0.675 219 (31.0) 487 (69.0) 26.550 <0.001 78 (11.1) 628 (88.9) 0.044 0.835
   No 656 (17.3) 3,128 (82.7) 835 (22.0) 2,949 (78.0) 408 (10.8) 3,376 (89.2)
Drinking
   Yes 64 (14.8) 368 (85.2) 2.286 0.131 112 (25.9) 320 (74.1) 1.599 0.206 61 (14.1) 371 (85.9) 5.381 0.020
   No 719 (17.7) 3,339 (82.3) 942 (23.2) 3,116 (76.8) 425 (10.5) 3,633 (89.5)
BMI 25.2±3.9 25.3±4.3 −0.267 0.790 25.2±4.1 25.3±4.2 −0.194 0.846 25.6±4.0 25.2±4.3 2.698 0.007
Duration 10.0±10.0 8.0±7.0 3.267 0.001 9.0±9.0 8.0±8.0 3.130 0.002 10.0±9.0 8.0±8.0 10.835 <0.001
Family history of T2DM
   Yes 328 (18.4) 1,451 (81.6) 2.041 0.153 490 (27.5) 1,289 (72.5) 27.158 <0.001 232 (13.0) 1,547 (87.0) 15.003 0.001
   No 455 (16.8) 2,256 (83.2) 564 (20.8) 2,147 (79.2) 254 (9.4) 2,457 (90.6)
Insulin use
   Yes 110 (24.9) 332 (75.1) 18.890 <0.001 123 (27.8) 319 (72.2) 5.173 0.023 42 (9.5) 400 (90.5) 0.887 0.346
   No 673 (16.6) 3,375 (83.4) 931 (23.0) 3,117 (77.0) 444 (11.0) 3,604 (89.0)
Hypertension
   Yes 474 (26.7) 1,301 (73.3) 175.032 <0.001 670 (37.8) 1,105 (62.2) 332.850 <0.001 427 (24.1) 1,348 (75.9) 532.484 <0.001
   No 309 (11.4) 2,406 (88.6) 384 (14.1) 2,331 (85.9) 59 (2.2) 2,656 (97.8)
Dyslipidemia
   Yes 275 (32.0) 584 (68.0) 156.730 <0.001 324 (37.7) 535 (62.3) 119.969 <0.001 486 (56.6) 373 (43.3) <0.001*
   No 508 (14.0) 3,123 (86.0) 730 (20.1) 2,901 (79.9) 0 (0.0) 3,631 (100.0)
Regular exercise
   Yes 756 (17.2) 3,630 (82.8) 5.371 0.021 1,026 (23.4) 3,360 (76.6) 0.705 0.401 486 (11.1) 3,900 (88.9) <0.001*
   No 27 (26.0) 77 (74.0) 28 (26.9) 76 (73.1) 0 (0.0) 104 (100.0)

*, P for Fisher exact probability.