Optimisation of an Advanced Oxidation Protein Products Assay: Its Application to Studies of Oxidative Stress in Diabetes Mellitus

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the study cohort.

	Controls	T2DM	T1/unclassified DM	Total
n	38	49	3	90
Age (years ± S.D.)	57.8 ± 15.8	64.0 ± 11.0	32.3 ± 12.7	60.3 ± 14.6
Gender (male/female)	13/25	32/17	1/2	46/44
Smoking status (present/past/never)	4/11/23	3/27/19	0/1/2	7/39/44
Hypertension (absent/present)	26/12	23/26	3/0	52/38
BMI (mean ± S.D.)	27.2 ± 5.4	29.7 ± 5.3	25.2 ± 0.28	28.7 ± 5.4
Waist : hip (mean ± S.D.)	0.87 ± 0.10	0.96 ± 0.09	0.81 ± 0.11	0.92 ± 0.10