Table 1

Baseline clinical and biochemical characteristics of 7074 Chinese Type 2 diabetic patients without clinical evidence of coronary heart disease and heart failure at enrollment during 5.52 years of follow-up in the training dataset and the test dataset


Training dataset (n = 3456)
Test dataset (n = 3611)


median or %
IQR*
median or %
IQR*

Male Gender
45.2%

45.6%

Smoking status




     Current smoker
20.4%

20.7%

     Ex smoker
13.1%

13.8%

Age (year)
57
21
57
21
Body mass index (kg/m2)
24.6
4.8
24.7
5.0
Years of diagnosed diabetes
5
10
5
9
Systolic BP (mmHg)
134
27
134
28
Diastolic BP (mmHg)
76
13
76
15
HbA1c (%)
7.3
2.2
7.4
2.2
Blood haemoglobin (g/L)
13.8
2.1
13.8
2.2
White blood cell count (109/counts/L)
7.0
2.4
7.0
2.4
Spot urinary albumin creatinine ratio (mg/mmol)
2.0
10.1
2.0
10.0
eGFR (ml min-1 1.73 m-2) ξ
104.9
43.0
104.9
43.5
LDL-C (mmol/l)
3.13
1.24
3.11
1.29
HDL-C (mmol/l)
1.24
0.45
1.25
0.45
Triglyceride (mmol/L)
1.37
1.08
1.39
1.12
Non-HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)
3.87
1.40
3.87
1.43
Drug use at baseline




On diet treatment
10.2%

9.9%

Use of oral anti-diabetic drugs
61.0%

60.6%

Use of anti-hypertensive drugs
34.1%

33.3%

Use of insulin
17.5%

17.4%

Use of LLD§
11.6%

13.2%

Use of ACEI or ARB¶
20.4%

20.1%

Complications at baseline




Retinopathy
25.4%

27.4%

Sensory neuropathy
26.0%

25.7%

Peripheral arterial disease
5.8%

5.9%

History of stroke
3.6%

4.4%

Complications during follow-up




Coronary heart disease before heart failure during follow-up
4.4%

4.4%

Heart failure hospitalisation during follow-up
3.8%

4.0%

Death during follow-up
9.4%

9.9%


*, Median (IQR = interquartile range); ξ, eGFR = estimated glomerular filtration rate; §, LLD, lipid lowering drugs; ¶, ACEI, Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and ARB for angiotensin II receptor blockers.

Yang et al. Cardiovascular Diabetology 2008 7:9   doi:10.1186/1475-2840-7-9