Clinical Study
Relationship between Stage of Diabetic Retinopathy and Pulse Wave Velocity in Japanese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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Data are shown as mean ± SD. Comparison between patients without diabetic retinopathy (NDR) and with DR by Mann-Whitney’s test. BMI: body mass index, SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and PWV: pulse wave velocity. HbA1c is presented as the National Glycohemoglobin Standardization Program (NGSP) value. |