Table 3 |
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Clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients with parents with diabetes (mother or father) and no relatives with diabetes. |
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Parents with diabetes |
No relatives with diabetes |
P |
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n |
630 |
684 |
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Age (years) |
64.87 ± 11.07 |
68.09 ± 12.35 |
<0.001 |
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Males/females n (%) |
311 (49.4)/319 (50.6) |
322 (47.1)/362 (52.9) |
0.41 |
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Body mass index (Kg/m2) |
31.22 ± 5.87 |
30.67 ± 5.35 |
0.08 |
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Age at diabetes diagnosis (years) |
50.06 ± 12.32 |
54.21 ± 13.74 |
<0.001 |
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Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) |
1135.39 ± 18.83 |
136.31 ± 18.35 |
0.37 |
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Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) |
79.14 ± 10.65 |
78.86 ± 10.27 |
0.64 |
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HbA1c (%) |
7.72 ± 3.28 |
7.68 ± 3.29 |
0.81 |
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Total cholesterol (mg/dl) |
205.19 ± 64.09 |
203.51 ± 44.65 |
0.59 |
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HDL cholesterol (mg/dl) |
48.29 ± 22.75 |
57.50 ± 13.73 |
0.46 |
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LDL cholesterol (mg/dl) |
122.95 ± 44.23 |
125.08 ± 40.99 |
0.39 |
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Triglycerides (mg/dl) |
168.08 ± 116.79 |
158.91 ± 89.59 |
0.12 |
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Hypertension (yes) n (%) |
371 (58.9) |
425 (62.1) |
0.12 |
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Dyslipidemia (yes) n (%) |
314 (49.8) |
305 (44.6) |
0.06 |
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Retinopathy (yes) n (%) |
113 (17.9) |
99 (14.5) |
0.08 |
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Nephropathy (yes) n (%) |
22 (3.51) |
27 (3,9) |
0.66 |
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Coronary artery disease (yes) n (%) |
99 (15.8) |
115 (16.8) |
0.59 |
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Treatment for diabetes n (%) |
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Antidiabetic tablets |
423 (67.1) |
448 (65.5) |
0.53 |
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Insulin |
195 (31.0) |
215 (31.4) |
0.84 |
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Papazafiropoulou et al. BMC Endocrine Disorders 2009 9:12 doi:10.1186/1472-6823-9-12 |
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