Table 2.

The demographic characteristics of the patients

Variable		Number	%
Gender	Man	9	30
	Woman	21	70
Age	Less than 55 years	10	33.3
	65 − 55 years	10	33.3
	More than 65 years	10	33.3
Education	High school and lower	25	83.3
	Diploma	3	10
	BSc degree and higher	2	6.7
Type of diabetes	Type 1 diabetes	6	20
	Type 2 diabetes	24	80
Duration diabetes	Less than 10 years	11	36.7
	More than 10 years	41	63.3
Type of GLM	Insulin	13	43
	Oral pills	12	40
	Insulin and pills	5	17
History of CVD	Yes	5	16
	No	25	84
History of proteinuria	Yes	7	23
	No	23	77

GLM glucose-lowering medicines, CVD Cardiovascular disease