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. 2019 Aug 20;10:1062. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.01062

TABLE 4.

Baseline characteristics of patients based on the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) (n = 421).

eGFR(mL/min/l.73m2)
>60 (n = 345) <60 (n = 76) P-value
Sex(M:F) I.5:1 1.30:1 0.588
Age (Yrs) 56.36 ± 11.11 66.03 ± 9.85 < 0.001
BMI (Kg/m2) 24.99 ± 7.47 23.84 ± 3.43 0.070
Diabetes duration (Yrs) 7.16 ± 7.22 13.69 ± 9.37 < 0.001
HTN(n(%)) 180 (53.4) 62 (82.7) < 0.001
FPG(mg/dL) 165.64 ± 52.34 176.35 ± 67.27 0.299
HbAlc(%) 8.19 ± 2.02 8.77 ± 2.67 0.098
HOMA-IR 4.52 ± 3.79 4.51 ± 2.50 0.981
HOMA-B 48.19 ± 37.72 46.89 ± 46.92 0.860
Hb (g/dL) 14.37 ± 1.54 12.51 ± 1.86 < 0.001
T-Cho (mg/dL) 181.27 ± 44.23 173.26 ± 55.29 0.241
HDL-Cho (mg/dL) 51.76 ± 13.91 47.10 ± 15.54 0.020
LDL-Cho (mg/dL) 96.12 ± 38.66 90.04 ± 46.38 0.299
TG(mg/dL) 169.61 ± 110.06 184.16 ± 114.05 0.322
ESR(mm/H) 20.01 ± 20.83 40.67 ± 28.80 < 0.001
hsCRP (mg/dl.) 0.28 ± 0.71 0.57 ± 1.30 0.099
Fibrinogen (mg/dL) 311.21 ± 54.78 338.44 ± 58.57 0.018
CS5(mPa) 317.43 ± 125.11 385.22 ± 182.89 < 0.001
EI@3Pa (%) 30.60 ± 1.91 30.42 ± 20.54 0.481
Fibrinogen/EI@3Pa (mg/dI.%) 1033.28 ± 197.76 1141.44 ± 268.71 0.045
DR(%) 32.0 46.5 0.019
DPN(%) 15.4 29.3 0.004
CAD(%) 8.4 23.7 < 0.001

BMI, body mass index; CAD, coronary artery disease; CSS, critical shear stress; DPN, diabetic peripheral neuropathy; DR, diabetic retinopathy; EI@3Pa, elongation index at 3 pascal; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; Hb, hemoglobin; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin; HDL/LDL-cho, high/low density lipoprotein cholesterol; HOMA-IR/B, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance/beta-cell function; hs-CRP, high sensitivity c-reactive protein; HTN, hypertension; T-cho, total-cholesterol; TG, triglyceride (reproduced under CC BY 4.0 with permission from Chung et al. (2018).