Table 1

Baseline patient characteristics.

Variable
Type 2 diabetes

Age (years)
59
Gender (% male)
56%
BMI (kg/m2)
31.9
Weight (kg)
89.8
Height (metres)
1.67
Ethnicity (% black)
1%
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)
5.2
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)
1.04
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
136
HbA1c (%)
7.1
Peripheral vascular disease (%)
30%
Smoking (%)
0
Risk of severe hypoglycaemia*
0.462
Number of nocturnal hypos (year)
2.4
Number of symptomatic hypos (year)
6.8

Data from Heine et al[22], data from UKPDS baseline cohort[16], * data from Leese et al[6]

Woehl et al. Cardiovascular Diabetology 2008 7:24   doi:10.1186/1475-2840-7-24