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Table 4 Baseline characteristics and change in AAD, DAD and PWV after 1 year treatment with RAAS inhibition in 25 subjects

From: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance measures of aortic stiffness in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes: association with glycaemic control and clinical outcomes

 

Baseline

Follow up

P value

Age

64.2 ± 11.8

  

Male gender, N (%)

22 (88%)

  

Body mass index, kg/m2

29.1 ± 3.4

  

Duration of diabetes, years

5.2 ± 4.5

  

HbA1c, %

7.6 ± 1.5

  

HbA1c, mmol/mol

60.1 ± 17.7

  

Median HbA1c since diagnosis, mmol/mol

63.4 ± 17.6

  

Maximum HbA1c since diagnosis, mmol/mol

86.6 ± 25.6

  

24 h systolic BP, mmHg

136.7 ± 19.3

131.6 ± 20.9

0.12

24 h diastolic BP, mmHg

72.9 ± 10.1

70.7 ± 11.1

0.07

Total cholesterol, mmol/L

4.1 ± 1.0

  

Smoking, N (%)

4 (16%)

  

Serum aldosterone, pmol/L

337.0 ± 190.8

238.8 ± 138.2

0.11

AAD (10−3 mmHg−1)

1.51 ± 1.15

1.97 ± 1.07

0.007

DAD (10−3 mmHg−1)

1.98 ± 1.29

1.96 ± 1.10

0.92

PWV (m/s)

8.95 ± 2.60

8.33 ± 3.58

0.42

  1. Significant associations in italics
  2. Abbreviations as in Table 1