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Table 3 Glycaemic control and levels of kidney function in patients with and without anemia

From: Anaemia and kidney dysfunction in Caribbean Type 2 diabetic patients

 

Type 2 diabetic patients

Non-diabetic subjects

Anemia

N = 72

No Anemia

N = 83

Anemia

N = 8

No Anemia

N = 43

Glycated hemoglobin (%)

7.7 ± 0.3

7.6 ± 0.2

5.7 ± 0.2

5.9 ± 0.2

Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L)

9.3 ± 0.6

9.1 ± 0.4

4.6 ± 0.1

5.0 ± 0.2

Creatinine (mg/dl)

1.4 ± 0.1

1.0 ± 0.03**

1.0 ± 0.1

1.1 ± 0.02

Glomerular filtration rate (ml/min/1.73 m2)

(index of kidney function)

67.1 ± 3.0

87.9 ± 5.4**

86.2 ± 5.1

82.6 ± 2.1

Chronic kidney disease (%)

(estimated GFR < 60 ml/min per 1.73 m2)

27 (38.6)

9 (10.8)**

1 (12.5)

1 (2.4)

  1. **P < 0.001 for comparisons between diabetic patients with and without anaemia
  2. P < 0.05 for comparisons between diabetic patients with anaemia and non-diabetic subjects with anaemia