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Characteristics of 114 patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 |
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| Total |
Males |
Females |
p |
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| n (%) |
114 (100) |
68 (59.6) |
46 (40.4) |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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