. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Diabetes. 2019 Sep 18;12(3):197–204. doi: 10.1111/1753-0407.12984

Table 2:

Baseline characteristics stratified by glycemic control in people with type 2 diabetes.

Baseline	HbA1c ≥8 %
variables	No (n=51)	Yes (n=92)	p-value^*
BMI (kg/m²)	30.56(5.9)	30.09(5.8)	0.648
Creatinine(umol/L)	88.39(35.6)	78.25(17.8)	0.025
SBP (mm Hg)	124.39(15.6)	128.21(14.1)	0.138
DBP (mm Hg)	73.88(10.6)	74.84(9.8)	0.589
Baseline Serum uric acid (umol/L)	320.10(71.42)	275.59(72.94)	0.001
Baseline HDL (mmol/L)	1.10(0.3)	0.96(0.3)	0.009
Baseline LDL (mmol/L)	3.03(1.0)	3.17(1.0)	0.446
Baseline VLDL (mmol/L)	0.76(0.6)	0.80(0.6)	0.713
Sex (n)
Male	33(34.4%)	63(65.6%)	0.711
Female	18(38.3%)	29(61.7%)

BMI, Body mass index. G6PD, Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. SBP, Systolic blood pressure. DBP, Diastolic blood pressure.

t-tests done for continuous variables and chi-squared tests done for categorical variables.