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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the study population.

From: Brain natriuretic peptide is related to diastolic dysfunction whereas urinary albumin excretion rate is related to left ventricular mass in asymptomatic type 2 diabetes patients

Variable

Patients without LVDD n = 78 Mean

Patients with LVDD n = 75 Mean

p value

Age

50 ± 12

59 ± 10

< 0.001

Sex (% male)

51

49

0,1

SBP (mmHg)

134 ± 16

141 ± 16

0.006

DBP (mmHg)

79 ± 9.0

80 ± 8.0

0.6

HT (%)

36

58

0.009

Crea ((μmol/L)

73 ± 19

81 ± 42

0.1

GFR (ml/min)

137 ± 52

116 ± 41

0.005

Dyslipidemia (%)

51

49

0,3

lnAER ( g/min)

2.1 ± 1.3

2.3 ± 1.7

0.4

lnBNP (pmol/L)

1.1 ± 1.0

1.6 ± 1.1

0.01

HbA1c (%)

7.0 ± 2.0

6.5 ± 1.4

0.04

fP-glucose (mmol/L)

9.3 ± 3.8

8.9 ± 3.0

0.5

DM duration (years)

4,7 ± 6,6

8.0 ± 7.6

0.005

Smoking (%)

15

9

0.2

BMI (kg/m2)

30 ± 6.1

31 ± 5.2

0.3

TG (mmol/L)

1.8 ± 1.1

1.8 ± 1.0

1.0

HDL (mmol/L)

1.1 ± 0.3

1.2 ± 0.4

0.3

LDL (mmol/L)

2.9 ± 0.8

2.7 ± 1.0

0.2

BSA (m2)

2.0 ± 0.24

2.0 ± 0.20

0.5

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SD. SBP; systolic blood pressure, DBP; diastolic blood pressure, HT; hypertension, Crea; creatinine, GFR, glomerular filtration rate, AER, urinary albumin excretion rate, BNP, brain natriuretic peptide, f; fasting, DM; diabetes mellitus, BMI; body mass index, TG; triglycerides, HDL; high density lipoproteins, LDL; low density lipoproteins, BSA; body surface area, ln; natural logarithm.