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Table 2 Clinical characteristics of 1839 study subjects according to the SNP rs9267551

From: A functional variant of the dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase-2 gene is associated with myocardial infarction in type 2 diabetic patients

Characteristics

CZ

GHS

GG

GC

CC

p

GG

GC

CC

p

n

966

90

4

 

694

82

3

 

Males (%)

60.8

54.4

25.0

0.18

55.0

57.3

100.0

0.27

Age (years)

61.6 ± 11.2

62.1 ± 11.7

57.5 ± 12.7

0.73

62 ± 9

60 ± 9

68 ± 14

0.09

Age at diabetes diagnosis (years)

53 ± 12

55 ± 13

50 ± 6

0.35

49 ± 10

48 ± 9

53 ± 13

0.59

Diabetes duration (years)

8.6 ± 9.0

7.2 ± 8.8

8.0 ± 7.7

0.37

12.4 ± 8.8

11.9 ± 8.8

15.3 ± 5.0

0.74

BMI (kg/m2)

31.0 ± 6.1

31.2 ± 6.9

33.7 ± 5.8

0.65

30.8 ± 5.1

31.7 ± 5.3

31.2 ± 3.7

0.34

HbA1c (%)

7.48 ± 1.63

8.03 ± 1.92

8.16 ± 1.92

0.03

8.57 ± 1.88

8.68 ± 1.87

9.10 ± 2.38

0.79

Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

186.9 ± 44.3

192.3 ± 42.0

213.7 ± 43.2

0.26

188.4 ± 47.7

182.7 ± 41.6

181.3 ± 68.6

0.56

HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)

46.1 ± 13.9

47.3 ± 12.9

52.2 ± 13.8

0.51

44.9 ± 13.6

44.6 ± 12.2

43.0 ± 6.1

0.95

Triglycerides (mg/dl)

158.1 ± 95.4

156.7 ± 133.6

105.7 ± 40.9

0.43

155.1 ± 101.5

149.5 ± 93.1

126.7 ± 92.4

0.70

Glucose-lowering therapy (%)

65.7

68.9

50.0

0.66

84.1

84.1

100.0

0.75

Anti-hypertensive therapy (%)

74.1

66.7

75.0

0.31

73.8

82.8

66.7

0.19

Anti-dyslipidemic therapy (%)

41.7

31.1

0.00

0.03

47.8

51.2

66.7

0.68

Ever smoked (%)

48.1

47.8

50.0

0.99

36.6

34.1

33.3

0.90

  1. CZ Catanzaro Study, GHS Gargano Heart Study; MI myocardial infarction, BMI body mass index, HbA1c glycated hemoglobin