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Table 1 Study participant characteristics

From: Aortic reservoir characteristics and brain structure in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus; a cross sectional study

Variables

T2DM (n = 37)

Healthy (n = 37)

P value

Male, n (%)

17 (47)

19 (51)

0.56

Age (years)

63 ± 9

52 ± 8

<0.001

Body mass index (kg/m2)

30.5 ± 4.8

25.9 ± 3.3

<0.001

Waist:hip (ratio)

0.91 ± 0.06

0.84 ± 0.1

0.002

Current smoker, n (%)

3 (8)

3 (8)

0.97

Hypercholesterolemia, n (%)

25 (66)

10 (27)

0.001

Normotensive, n (%)

15 (39)

28 (76)

0.002

24ABPM systolic BP (mmHg)

134 ± 13

130 ± 11

0.21

24ABPM diastolic BP (mmHg)

75 ± 8

79 ± 6

0.016

Daytime systolic BP (mmHg)

138 ± 14

136 ± 13

0.50

Nighttime systolic BP (mmHg)

119 ± 12

113 ± 11

0.016

Duration of diabetes (years)

6 ± 6

-

-

Antihypertensive medications, n (%)

24 (63)

0 (0)

<0.001

Oral hypoglycemic medications, n (%)

26 (68)

0 (0)

<0.001

Urinary albumin (mg/L)

9.00 ± 11.19

7.85 ± 7.59

0.60

Insulin, n (%)

5 (13)

0 (0)

0.016

Statin, n (%)

25 (66)

0 (0)

<0.001

Glucose (mmol/L)

7.5 ± 1.8

4.7 ± 0.4

<0.001

Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1C) (%)

7.2 ± 0.8

5.5 ± 0.3

<0.001

Insulin (IU/mL)

10.2 ± 8.6

2.4 ± 4.7

<0.001

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.4 ± 1.0

5.4 ± 1.0

<0.001

HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)

1.3 ± 0.4

1.6 ± 0.4

0.002

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

1.4 ± 0.6

1.0 ± 0.5

0.003

  1. Data expressed as mean ± standard deviation or %. T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; 24ABPM, 24 hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; BP, blood pressure; HDL, high density lipoprotein. P is for between group analyses.