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. 2019 Oct 28;9(10):e031281. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031281

Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Characteristic Overall
n=373 185
Gender Age
# Evaluable patients Result Male
n=204 707
Female
n=168 478
<75 years
n=234 811
≥75 years
n=138 374
Sex (females), % 373 185 45.1 39.0 55.6
Age (years), mean (SD) 373 185 70.3 (12.1) 68.2 (12.0) 72.5 (12.4) 62.7 (9.0) 82.6 (5.1)
Current smokers, % 369 140 14.3 20.1 7.3 19.9 4.8
Body mass index (kg/m2) 321 739
 Mean (SD) 30.1 (5.2) 29.4 (4.6) 30.8 (5.8) 30.7 (5.4) 28.9 (4.7)
 <18.5 kg/m2, % 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.4
 18.5–<25 kg/m2, % 14.4 14.7 14.1 11.5 19.6
 25–<30 kg/m2, % 40.4 45.0 34.7 38.3 43.9
 30–35 kg/m2, % 29.3 29.0 29.7 31.3 26.0
 >35 kg/m2, % 15.6 11.1 21.1 18.7 10.1
 Obesity (≥30 kg/m2), % 44.9 40.1 51.0 50.0 36.1
Duration of diabetes (years), mean (IQR) 373 185 8.7(4.5;12.8) 8.3(4.4;12.5) 9.2(4.7;13.1) 7.4(3.8;11.8) 11.2(6.3;14.3)
HbA1c 330 014
 %, Mean (SD) mmol/mol, mean (SD) 7.1 (1.3)
54.0 (12.1)
7.1 (1.4)
54.0 (12.4)
7.1 (1.3)
54.0 (11.7)
7.2 (1.4)
55.0 (13.0)
7,0 (1.2)
53.0 (10.4)
 <7% (53 mmol/mol), % 55.5 55.0 56.1 53.3 59.1
 <6% (42 mmol/mol), % 13.8 14.2 13.5 13.1 15.2
 6–<6.5% (42–<48 mmol/mol), % 20.9 20.5 21.4 19.9 22.5
 6.5–<7% (48–<53 mmol/mol), % 20.7 20.3 21.2 20.3 21.4
 7–<8% (53–<64 mmol/mol), % 24.9 24.9 25.0 25.1 24.7
 8–<9% (64–<75 mmol/mol), % 10.6 10.6 10.5 11.0 9.8
 >9% (>75 mmol/mol), % 9.0 9.5 8.5 10.7 6.4
Blood pressure (mm Hg) 353 331
 Systolic blood pressure, mean (SD) 133 (13.6) 133 (13.2) 133 (14.0)  133 (13.0) 134 (14.4)
 Diastolic blood pressure, mean (SD) 75.0 (9.7) 75.4 (9.7) 74.4 (9.6)  77.1 (9.1) 71.4 (9.6)
 <140/90 mm Hg, % 71.6 71.5 71.7 72.9 69.3
Lipid profile
 Total cholesterol (mg/dL), mean (SD) 335 522 182 (39.9) 175 (39.2) 191 (39.1) 185 (40.3) 177 (38.6)
 LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL), mean (SD) 315 578 103 (32.5) 99.1 (31.7) 108 (32.8) 105 (32.8) 99.3 (31.6)
 LDL-cholesterol <130 mg/dL, % (all) 315 578 80.6 83.9 76.8 78.2 84.5
 LDL-cholesterol <100 mg/dL, % (only SP) 74 353 68.0 72.4 59.5 68.5 67.5
 LDL-cholesterol <70 mg/dL, (%) (only SP) 74 353 25.3 28.4 19.2 25.7 24.8
 HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL), mean (SD) 326 354 48.8 (12.9) 45.6 (11.9) 52.5 (13.1) 47.9 (12.7) 50.2 (13.2)
 Triglycerides (mg/dL), mean (SD) 328 291 159 (107) 161 (119) 158 (89.4) 169 (121) 142 (74.4)
Chronic renal failure (eGFR <60 mL/min), % 336 198 28.0 24.5 32.2 14.5 50.3
Severe chronic renal failure (eGFR <30 mL/min), % 336 198 3.9 3.4 4.6 1.7 7.6
End stage renal failure (eGFR <15 mL/min), % 336 198 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 1.0
Albuminuria, % 230 819 14.2 15.9 12.0 12.4 16.1
Therapeutic step, % 373 185
 No drugs 18.4 17.9 19.0 17.8 19.4
 NIAD monotherapy 37.1 36.7 37.6 36.7 37.9
 NIADs in combination 23.2 25.1 20.9 25.3 19.7
 Insulin 6.0 5.6 6.5 4.5 8.5
 Insulin±NIAD 15.3 14.7 16.0 15.7 14.5

eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; HbA1c, glycated haemoglobin; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; IQR, interquartile range; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; NIAD, non-insulin antidiabetic drug.