Table 1 of Yigit, Mol Vis 2013; 19:1626-1630.


Table 1. Baseline clinical and demographical features of the 230 study patients with DPN.

Characteristic Total
n=230 CC
n=123 CT
n=85 TT
n=22 P value
Gender, no. male/female (%) 61/169 (26.5/73.5) 32/91 (26.0/74.0) 24/61 (28.2/71.8) 5/17 (22.7/77.3) 0.858
Age (years) 57.15±10.580 57.46±11.440 56.21±9.912 59.09±7.708 0.472
Disease duration (years) 7.73±6.006 7.13±6.015 8.38±6.184 8.55±5.078 0.271
Height (cm) 162.84±6.753 162.61±6.807 163.82±6.973 160.00±4.410 0.073
Weight (kg) 78.53±9.208 78.42±9.684 78.16±8.941 80.74±7.504 0.540
BMI (kg/m2) 29.78±4.260 29.81±4.562 29.24±3.888 31.66±3.402 0.059
Hemoglobin (g/dl) 12.91±1.241 12.85±1.229 12.95±1.290 13.02±1.154 0.766
Serum creatinine (mg/dl) 0.80±0.232 0.79±0.239 0.82±0.238 0.75±0.145 0.332
HbA1C (%) 6.97±1.668 7.04±1.891 7.04±1.442 6.29±0.839 0.128
Triglyceride (mg/dl) 166.44±80.057 160.29±54.746 179.25±110.787 151.36±47.530 0.159
Total cholesterol (mg/dl) 187.34±53.062 185.45±45.675 189.53±63.832 189.45±47.333 0.847
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl) 41.57±9.820 41.64±10.061 40.76±9.171 44.23±10.819 0.336
LDL cholesterol (mg/dl) 129.57±32.376 128.44±32.108 131.24±32.439 129.40±34.827 0.829
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 129.53±22.336 127.95±21.137 131.41±23.787 131.14±23.449 0.516
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 81.10±14.550 80.15±14.718 82.47±14.467 81.14±14.136 0.529
Type of diabetes mellitus, no. Type 1/Type 2 (%) 5/225 (2.2/97.8) 3/120 (2.4/97.6) 2/83 (2.4/97.6) 0/22 (0/100) 0.762
History of retinopathy, no. Positive/Negative (%) 81/149 (35.2/64.8) 38/85 (30.9/69.1) 30/55 (35.3/64.7) 13/9 (59.1/40.9) 0.039
History of hypertension, no. (%) 129 (56.1) 65 (50.4) 50 (38.8) 14 (10.95) 0.524
Medications, no. Oral antidiabetic/Insulin (%) 177/38 (77.0/16.5) 91/23 (74.0/18.7) 65/15 (76.5/17.6) 21/0 (95.5/0) 0.242
Smoking, no. (%) 30 (13.1) 15 (50.0) 12 (40.0) 3 (10.0) 0.906