Before Treatment After Treatment
Base line characteristics (Mean  ±  SD) Group 1 (n=490) Group 2 (n=320) P Adjusted P value Group 1 (n=490) Group 2 (n=320) P Adjusted P value
Age (years) 58.9 ± 9.7 55.7 ± 9.1 <0.001 0.02 61.6 ± 9.0 58.8 ± 9.0 0.001 0.03
Males/Females (%) 225/265 (46/54) 134/186 (42/58) 0.9 - 225/265 (46/54) 134/186 (42/58) 0.9 -
Time since diagnosis of T2D (yrs) 8.2 ± 2.1 8.7 ± 2.9 0.06 - 11.8 ± 2.0 11.6 ± 3.0 0.07 -
Duration of HT (years) 5.5 ± 3.9 7.8 ± 3.1 0.001 0.04 8.3 ± 3.6 10.5 ± 3.0 <0.001 0.03
S.B.P. (mm Hg) 129.20  ±  15.9 135.44 ± 21.1 0.001 0.02 126.3 ± 14.6 130.6 ± 20.0 0.09 0.04
D.B.P. (mm Hg) 80.5 ± 6.9 81.9 ± 6.0 0.15 - 80.1 ± 4.5 81.0 ± 5.8 0.2 -
BMI (kg/m2) 25.8 ±  4.0 25.6 ± 4.5 0.6 - 24.6 ± 3.5 25.1 ± 4.3 0.7 -
HbA1c (%) 7.1 ±  1.7 7.7 ± 2.1 0.007 0.03 4.0 ± 1.3 4.4 ± 2.0 0.009 0.02
Hb (gm/dl) 11.4 ± 1.6 10.2 ± 1.9 <0.001 0.01 12.0 ± 1.3 11.0 ± 1.3 0.009 0.01
TC    260.3 ± 63.7 255.3 ± 64.3 0.89  – 171.4 ± 40.7 184.1 ± 60.7 0.14
TG (mg%) 207.6 ± 38.3 204.9 ± 39.2 0.86 164.9 ± 71.2 170.7 ± 96.1 0.9 -
HDL (mg%) 61.1 ± 16.1 63.5 ± 15.1 0.74 50.8 ± 14.8 52.6 ± 13.8 0.6 -
LDL-C (mg/dl) 98.7 ± 34.9 100.4 ± 41.8 0.2 93.0 ± 34.7 96.6 ± 43.9 0.22 -
HDL-C (mg/dl) 47.1 ± 10.1 48.9 ± 20.6 0.38 42.7 ± 8.3 43.6 ± 12.3 0.61 -
(p<0.05 is significant) [BMI: Body Mass Index, HT: Hypertension, Hb: Hemoglobin, SBP: Systolic Blood Pressure, DBP: Diastolic Blood Pressure, T2D: Type 2 Diabetes, TC: Total Cholesterol, TG: Triglyceride, LDL-C: Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, HDL-C: High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol]. Adjusted P value is after multivariate regression analysis. Group 1; type 2 diabetes without nephropathy, Group 2; type 2 diabetes with nephropathy.
Table 1: Clinical characteristic of patients at baseline and after 36 months of ACEI/ARB therapy.