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Baseline patient characteristics. |
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| Variable |
Type 2 diabetes |
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| 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 |
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†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 |
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