Characteristics of coronary artery disease in symptomatic type 2 diabetic patients: evaluation with CT angiography

Table 1 Baseline clinical and laboratory characteristics of the 113 patients

Characteristic	Value
Age (years)	68 ± 10 (41-86)
Men/women	70/43
Body mass index (kg/m²)	25.4 ± 3.0 (7.3-34.1)
Duration of diabetes mellitus (years)	8.6 ± 6.2 (0-30)
Current Smoking	41(36)
Hypertension	81(72)
Diabetic nephropathy	21 (18.6)
Diabetic retinopathy	67 (59.3)
Diabetic foot	16 (14.1)
Diabetic ketoacidosis	6 (5.3)
Other DM-related complication	27 (23.9)
Ejection fraction of left ventricle (%)	65 ± 9 (21-80)
Fasting blood-glucose (mmol/L)	7.9 ± 3.3 (3.8-19.0)
Glycosylated hemoglobin level (%)	7.6 ± 2.1 (5.3-15.0)
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	2.0 ± 1.4 (0.5-7.8)
Cholesterol (mmol/L)	4.2 ± 1.1 (1.9-7.8)
HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.2 ± 0.3 (0.5-2.1)
LDL-C (mmol/L)	2.4 ± 1.0 (0.6-5.0)

Data are expressed as means ± SD (range) or n (%). Normal range (Fasting blood-glucose: 3.9-5.9 mmol/L; Glycosylated hemoglobin: 4.5-6.1%; Triglyceride: 0.29-1.83 mmol/L; Cholesterol: 2.8-5.7 mmol/L; HDL-C: >0.9 mmol/L; LDL-C: <4.0 mmol/L). HDL-C: high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low density lipoprotein cholesterol.

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