Table 1.

Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of the Study and Control Groups

	Diabetic patients (n=40)
Chracteristics	Albuminuria (+) n=22	Albuminuria (-) n=18	Healthy controls (n=17)
Age (years)*	55.5 (49.5-63)	56 (51-60.25)	55 (48.5-59.5)
Sex [n (%)]
Male
Female	11 (50)	11 (61.1)	7 (41.2)
Duration of diabetes	11 (50)	7 (38.9)	10 (58.8)
(years)*	7 (2.75-12)	2.5 (1.75-6.25)	-
Drugs [n (%)]
OAD	7 (31.8)	13 (72.2)	-
OAD+Insulin	15 (68.2)	5 (27.8)

Footnote: OAD: Oral antidiabetic

*Values are medians with quartiles