Table 1.

Summary of the composition of study groups for the clinical study

Patient group/parameters	Diabetic patients with neuropathy	Diabetic patients without neuropathy	Healthy normals
Number of subjects	28*	23*	30
Male/female	24/4	15/8	8/22
Age (years), mean ± SD	57·92 ± 7·08	50·35 ± 9·79	32·43 ± 7·3
Duration of diabetes (years), mean ± SD	14·75 ± 6·8	9·45 ± 5·8	n/a
Glycosylated haemoglobin (%), mean ± SD	9·01 ± 1·81	8·79 ± 1·82	n/a
Body mass index (kg/m2), mean ± SD	25·24 ± 3·77	25·31 ± 3·48	25·07 ± 4·16

^* A total of 30 subjects per group were included in the clinical study. Two (male) neuropathic diabetic subjects and seven (three male/four female) non neuropathic diabetic subjects were excluded from the final analysis, as they were either recently diagnosed with diabetes or had duration of diabetes less than 12 months.

n/a = Not applicable.