Table 1.

The baseline characteristics of the subjects.

Variables	Con	DM	P value
Male (%)	43	56	0.76
Age (years)	53.1 ± 12.9	58.3 ± 13.6	0.09
BMI (kg/m2)	23.2 ± 2.6	24.9 ± 4.2	0.41
SBP (mm Hg)	125.4 ± 13.3	126.7 ± 15.2	0.69
DBP (mm Hg)	69.7 ± 10.7	68.3 ± 9.7	0.53
FBS (mmol/L)	5.0 ± 0.6	14.1 ± 5.7	<0.0001
HbA1C (%)	5.6 ± 0.8	10.4 ± 2.5	<0.0001

BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic bllod pressure, FBS fasting blood sugar, HbA1c glycated hemoglobin