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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population

From: The impact of hyperglycemia on urinary albumin excretion in recent onset diabetes mellitus type II

Variable

All patients

(n = 71)

Hypertensive patients with diabetes

(n = 44)

Normotensive patients with diabetes

(n = 27)

P value

Age (years)

56.6 ± 10.4

57.1 ± 11.3

55.7 ± 8.9

0.584

Male sex (%)

57.7

59.8

59.3

0.840

Duration of diabetes (months)

1 (0–5)

0 (0–3.5)

1 (0–6)

0.199

Fasting glucose (mg/dl)

120 (104–137)

121 (100.5–133.5)

112 (105.5–155)

0.691

HbA1c (%)

6.7 (6.3–7.5)

6.7 (6.3–7.4)

6.7 (6.3–7.7)

0.803

Metformin (%)

47.9

45.5

51.9

0.600

BMI (kg/m2)

30.3 ± 4.2

31.1 (28.5–33.8)

29.5 ± 3.9

0.049

Duration of hypertension (years)

8 (4–12)

8 (4–12)

ΝΑ

ΝΑ

Office SBP (mmHg)

137.6 ± 20.5

142.5 ± 21.1

129.0 ± 16.2

0.008

Office DBP (mmHg)

84.0 ± 11.9

87.0 ± 12.7

78.8 ± 8.1

0.002

Daytime SBP (mmHg)

129.2 ± 16.1

134.5 ± 16.7

120.0 ± 9.8

< 0.001

Daytime DBP (mmHg)

79.1 ± 11.5

82.0 ± 12.8

74.1 ± 6.3

0.001

Nighttime SBP (mmHg)

120.2 ± 16.7

125.3 ± 16.9

110.2 ± 11.1

< 0.001

Nighttime DBP (mmHg)

71.3 ± 10.8

73.9 ± 11.3

66.3 ± 8.1

0.007

UAE (mg/24 h)

7.5 (2.9–17.3)

9.1 (3.7–17.8)

5.1 (2.5–8.7)

0.147

PWV (m/s)

8.9 ± 1.8

8.8 (7.3–10.2)

8.5 ± 1.3

0.087

Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

190.9 ± 38.4

191.4 ± 36.3

190.0 ± 42.5

0.880

LDL cholesterol (mg/dl)

121.2 ± 33.8

121.9 ± 29.0

120.0 ± 41.2

0.826

HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)

41.3 ± 11.1

41.0 ± 10.9

41.8 ± 11.8

0.749

Triglycerides (mg/dl)

122 (102–174)

134.5 (103.5–187)

113.0 (102–161)

0.208

Urea (mg/dl)

31.2 ± 6.9

31.2 ± 7.1

31.1 ± 6.8

0.927

Creatinine (mg/dl)

0.88 ± 0.16

0.86 ± 0.15

0.92 ± 0.18

0.114

GFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)

111.6 ± 34.8

116.7 ± 38.0

103.4 ± 27.5

0.126

Uric acid (mg/dl)

5.4 ± 1.7

5.5 ± 1.5

5.2 ± 1.99

0.458

Antihypertensive medication (%)

  

NA

NA

RAAS inhibitors (%)

22.5

36.4

NA

NA

b-blockers (%)

2.8

4.5

NA

NA

Calcium channel blockers (%)

8.5

13.6

NA

NA

  1. BMI Body Mass Index, SBP Systolic Blood Pressure, DBP Diastolic Blood Pressure, UAE Urinary Albumin Excretion, PWV Pulse Wave Velocity, LDL Low-Density Lipoprotein, HDL High-Density Lipoprotein, GFR Glomerular Filtration Rate, RAAS Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, ΝΑ Not Applicable
  2. Results are demonstrated as Mean ± SD / Median (IQ range)