Table 2

Characteristics of 114 patients with diabetes mellitus type 2


Total
Males
Females
p

n (%)
114 (100)
68 (59.6)
46 (40.4)

Age (years ± SEM)
62.9 ± 0.9
60.8 ± 1.3
66.2 ± 1.4
* 0.008
BMI (kg/m2 ± SEM)
28.8 ± 0.7
30.3 ± 0.9
26.7 ± 0.9
* 0.016
Diabetes duration (years ± SEM)
7.8 ± 0.8
7.6 ± 1.0
8.1 ± 1.4
ns
HbA1c (% ± SEM)
7.5 ± 0.2
7.6 ± 0.2
7.4 ± 0.3
ns
Cholesterol, total (mg/dl ± SEM)
199 ± 5
196 ± 7
203 ± 7
ns
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl ± SEM)
49 ± 2
46 ± 2
54 ± 3
* 0.03
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dl ± SEM)
117 ± 5
122 ± 7
110 ± 6
ns
Triglycerides (mg/dl ± SEM)
176 ± 11
188 ± 14
158 ± 15
ns
Uric acid (mg/dl ± SEM)
6.7 ± 0.6
7.3 ± 0.9
5.9 ± 0.4
ns

SEM = standard error of the mean, ns = not significant, * = statistical significance between males and females

Schäffler et al. Cardiovascular Diabetology 2007 6:3   doi:10.1186/1475-2840-6-3