Table 1 |
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Some selected individual characteristics of the two groups |
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Variable |
PYD (n = 50) |
FYD (n = 50) |
P value |
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Age (years) |
52.4 ± 8.4 |
52.6 ± 6.3 |
0.86 |
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Sex (male/female) |
19/31 |
24/26 |
0.28 |
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Post-menopausal females |
18/19 |
22/24 |
0.40 |
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Diabetes duration |
7 ± 5.2 |
8.3 ± 4.6 |
0.18 |
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Smoking no. (%) |
1 (2) |
5 (10) |
0.18 |
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Using statin no. (%) |
4 (3.9) |
5 (4.9) |
0.75 |
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Data presented as mean ± standard deviation or percentage unless stated otherwise FYD: vitamin D-fortified doogh; PYD: plain doogh |
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Shab-Bidar et al. BMC Medicine 2011 9:125 doi:10.1186/1741-7015-9-125 |
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