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Baseline characteristics of the study population: number (%) or mean ± standard deviation |
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| MEN |
WOMEN |
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| Variables |
Non DM |
T2DM |
Non DM |
T2DM |
| n = 206 |
n = 108 |
n = 154 |
n = 92 |
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| Age (years) |
65.8 ± 6.2 |
65.9 ± 5.6 |
60.0 ± 6.9 |
61.0 ± 6.2 |
| Weight (kg) |
80.7 ± 13 |
82.3 ± 13.2 |
76.0 ± 12.4 |
76.7 ± 13.2 |
| HTN duration |
10.7 ± 8.8 |
10.7 ± 8.7 |
12.3 ± 9.4 |
14.8.0 ± 9.4 |
| Prevalent CAD |
49 (25) |
22 (21) |
13 (8) |
11 (12) |
| Current smokers |
50 (25) |
14 (13) |
18 (11) |
8 (9) |
| SBP (mm Hg) |
170 ± 21 |
174 ± 19 |
170 ± 18 |
173.6 ± 23 |
| DBP (mm Hg) |
95.2 ± 12 |
95 ± 9.8 |
94.8 ± 9.6 |
92.1 ± 11.3 |
| LVMI (g/m2) |
119.4 ± 30 |
116.5 ± 26 |
105.6 ± 24 |
112.5 ± 29* |
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SBP, DBP – systolic and diastolic blood pressures on inclusion; CAD – coronary artery disease; HTN duration-duration of hypertension (years); T2DM – type 2 diabetes mellitus; * p < 0.05. | ||||
Tenenbaum et al. Cardiovascular Diabetology 2003 2:14 doi:10.1186/1475-2840-2-14 |
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