Table 2.

Patient characteristics. Data are mean ± SD.

Patients characteristics
Type	Patient without diabetes	Patient with diabetes	p value
	(n = 12)	(n = 9)
Age, year (mean ± SD)	64 ± 9	63 ± 7	0.75
Male gender, n (%)	11 (92)	8 (77)	0.78
Smoker, n (%)	1 (8)	1 (11)	0.78
Former smoker, n (%)	7 (58)	6 (67)	0.47
BMI, kg/m2 n (mean ± SD)	27.1 ± 4.4	30.0 ± 4.0	0.15
HbA1C, mmol/L (mean ± SD)	6.2 ± 0.6	8.7 ± 1.0	<0.05
Total cholesterol, mmol/L (mean ± SD)	4.0 ± 1.0	4.3 ± 1.4	0.63
LDL, mmol/L (mean ± SD)	2.2 ± 0.7	2.5 ± 1.1	0.41
HDL, mmol/L (mean ± SD)	1.1 ± 0.3	0.9 ± 0.2	0.30
Triglyceride, mmol/L (mean ± SD)	1.7 ± 1.0	1.8 ± 0.5	0.70
Statin therapy, n (%)	3 (25)	9 (100)	<0.05
Antihypertensive therapy, n (%)	7 (58)	9 (100)	<0.05