Table 1. Baseline characteristics of the study population.
IQR - Interquartile range; SD - Standard deviation
| Parameter | Diabetic subjects with normoalbuminuria (Group A) (n = 65) | Diabetic subjects with microalbuminuria (Group B) (n = 45) | Diabetic subjects with macroalbuminuria (Group C) (n = 37) | p-value |
| Mean age in years (min-max) | 52.0 (29-85) | 52.8 (30-70) | 53.9 (27-86) | - |
| Male (%) | 29 (44.6) | 28 (62.2) | 18 (48.6) | - |
| Female (%) | 36 (55.4) | 17 (37.8) | 19 (51.4) | - |
| Mean height (cm) | 155.0 | 153.5 | 154.7 | - |
| Mean weight (kg) | 65.0 | 62.7 | 64.3 | - |
| BMI (kg/m²) | 27.3 (17.4-34.9) | 26.8 (18.3-37) | 26.9 (18.4-39.5) | 0.731 |
| Median duration of diabetes in years (IQR) | 5 (2-7) | 5 (2-8) | 4 (2-7) | 0.970 |
| Serum urea in mg% (Mean ± SD) | 24.5 ± 9.5 | 26.9 ± 11.9 | 31.2 ± 11.7 | 0.020 |
| Serum creatinine in mg% (Mean ± SD) | 0.68 ± 0.23 | 0.72 ± 0.22 | 0.83 ± 0.25 | 0.018 |