| N |
251 |
| Age (years) |
66.4 ± 8.6 |
| Sex (male/female) |
147/104 |
| Duration of diabetes (years) |
14.4 ± 10.2 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) |
23.2 ± 3.8 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) |
128.9 ± 14.2 |
| Heart rate (bpm) |
71.7 ± 12.2 |
| Fasting glucose (mmol/L) |
7.4 ± 1.8 |
| Hemoglobin A1c (%) |
7.4 ± 1.1 |
| Total cholesterol (mmol/L) |
4.9 ± 0.8 |
| Triglycerides (mmol/L) |
1.5 (0.9-1.9) |
| Creatinine (μmol/L) |
68.5 ± 31.1 |
| Uric acid (μmol/L) |
313.5 ± 87.2 |
| Potassium (mmol/L) |
4.5 ± 0.4 |
| Smoking (-/+) |
233/18 |
| Antihypertensive drugs (-/+) |
108/143 |
| Statins (-/+) |
131/120 |
| Insulin treatment (-/+) |
175/76 |
| Retinopathy (NDR/SDR/PDR) |
173/41/37 |
| Urinary albumin excretion (mg/g creatinine) |
22.0 (11.0-77.3) |
| Framinghamrisk score (%) |
15.6 ± 8.4 |
| Ankle-brachial index |
1.1 ± 0.1 |
| Pulse wave velocity (cm/sec) |
1819.1 ± 449.6 |
| QTc (sec) |
0.42 ± 0.02 |
Data are number of patients, mean ± SD or median (interquartile range).
NDR: No Diabetic Retinopathy; SDR: Simple Diabetic Retinopathy; PDR:
Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy; QTc:
Heart Rate-Corrected QT Interval Duration