Clinical Study
The Sweet Spot: Continued Search for the Glycemic Threshold for Macrovascular Disease—A Retrospective Single Center Experience
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population (
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| | Variable | Mean ± SD or percent (N) |
| | Age (yrs; mean ± SD) | 54.9 ± 13.2 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 30.0 ± 5.8 | | Male gender | 56% (312) | | Nonsmoker | 50% (274) | | Current smoker | 31% (173) | | Past smoker (quit > 6 mths.) | 19% (107) | | Hypertension | 55% (304) | | Positive family history () | 40% (167) | | Hypercholesterolemia (type IIa) | 64% (355) | | Mixed hyperlipidemia (type IIb) | 28% (155) | | Isolated hypertriglyceridemia (type IV) | 8% (46) | | Normoglycemic | 42.5% (237) | | Impaired glucose tolerance | 28.9% (161) | | Diabetic | 28.7% (160) | | ASCVD | 216 (39%) |
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ASCVD: atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
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