Circulating Endothelial Microparticles in Diabetes Mellitus

Table 2

The clinical characteristics of the 40 enrolled patients.

Parameter	Diabetic	Nondiabetic	$P$-value
	($n$ = 20)	($n$ = 20)
Age (years)	63.7 $\pm$ 11.4	70.8 $\pm$ 11.5	.32
Sex
18 F (45%)	10	8	.75
22 M (55%)	10	12	.37
BMI (kg/m^2)	33.5 $\pm$ 8.6	27.5 $\pm$ 5.1	.02
Hypertension	16 (80%)	16 (80%)	.52
Blood Glucose	142.9 $\pm$ 55.1	105.8 $\pm$ 27	.0067
Total Cholesterol (mg/dL)	163 $\pm$ 37.9	176 $\pm$ 48.8	.49
Lipid lowering therapy	16 (80%)	15 (75%)	.99
CAD	19 (95%)	15 (75%)	.18
Current smoking	2 (15%)	1 (5%)	.60