. 2020 Jul 22;12(14):14066–14079. doi: 10.18632/aging.103358

Table 2. Characteristics of the included patients with T2DM in different age groups.

Characteristic	Age (years)			P value
Characteristic	<60	60-80	≥80	P value
Number of patients	801	1660	665
Diabetic duration(years)	0.42 (0.08-4.92)^a	3.79 (0.17-10.42)^b	8.17 (1.42-15.75) ^c	<0.001
<5 [n (%)]	602 (75.16)^a	897 (54.04)^b	260 (39.10)^c	<0.001
5-10 [n (%)]	115 (14.36)^a	295 (17.77)^a	104 (15.64)^a
≥10 [n (%)]	84 (10.49)^a	468 (28.19)^b	301 (45.26)^c
Hypertension [n (%)]				<0.001
Yes	308 (38.45)^a	1051 (63.31)^b	515 (77.44)^c
No	493 (61.55)	609 (36.69)	150 (22.56)
SDP (mmHg)	125 (120-135)^a	130 (120-140)^b	130 (120-140)^c	<0.001
DBP (mmHg)	80 (71-88)^a	80 (70-82)^b	70 (69-80)^c	<0.001
BMI (kg/m²)	25.40 (23.34-27.68)^a	24.91 (23.03-27.11)^b	24.34 (22.31-26.67)^c	<0.001
FPG (mmol/L)	7.60 (6.50-9.60)^a	7.00 (6.00-8.23)^b	6.70 (5.80-7.90)^c	<0.001
PPG (mmol/L)	12.70 (9.70-17.0)^a	11.10 (8.90-15.10)^b	11.10 (8.70-14.83)^b	<0.001
HbA1c (%)	8.10 (6.8-10.20)^a	7.15 (6.40-9.00)^b	7.00 (6.40-8.20)^b	<0.001
TG (mmol/L)	1.67 (1.14-2.50)^a	1.38 (0.99-1.98)^b	1.30 (0.93-1.80) ^c	<0.001
TC (mmol/L)	4.78 (4.17-5.43)^a	4.62 (3.99-5.29)^b	4.48 (3.83-5.20)^c	<0.001
LDL-C (mmol/L)	2.81 (2.32-3.36)^a	2.77 (2.22-3.33)^a	2.64 (2.07-3.22)^c	<0.001
HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.02 (0.87-1.20)^a	1.10 (0.93-1.32)^b	1.11 (0.95-1.34)^b	<0.001
Treatment [n (%)]				<0.001
Diet and exercise alone	146 (18.23)^a	298 (17.95)^a	101 (15.19)^a
1 OADs alone	289 (36.08)^a	519 (31.27)^a,b	195 (29.32)^b
2 OADs alone	175 (21.85)^a	344 (20.72)^a	136 (20.45)^a
≥3 OADs alone	18 (2.25)^a	100 (6.02)^b	29 (4.36)^a,b
Insulin alone	19 (2.37)^a	51 (3.07)^a	28 (4.21)^a
Insulin+OADs	154 (19.23)^a	348 (20.96)^a	176 (26.47)^b
Antihypertensive agents				<0.001
Yes	254 (31.71)^a	877 (52.83)^b	461 (69.32)^c
No	547 (68.29)	783 (47.17)	204 (30.68)
ARBs or ACEIs				<0.001
Yes	192 (23.97)^a	566 (34.10)^b	297 (44.66)^c
No	609 (76.03)	1094 (65.90)	368 (55.34)
Lipid-lowering agents				0.096
Yes	349 (43.57)^a	769 (46.33)^a	277 (41.65)^a
No	452 (56.43)	891 (53.67)	388 (58.35)
Antiplatelet agents				<0.001
Yes	338 (42.20)^a	887 (53.43)^b	357 (53.68)^b
No	463 (57.80)	773 (46.57)	308 (46.32)

Data are expressed as the median (Q1-Q3) or numbers and percentages, n (%); P values for comparison over all 3 categories.

^{a, b, c} Each different subscript letter denotes a subset of age categories whose column proportions differ significantly from each other at P < 0.05.