Effects of Low-Dose Pioglitazone on Serum Levels of Adiponectin, Dehydroepiandrosterone, Amyloid Beta Peptide, and Lipid Profile in Elderly Japanese People with Type 2 Diabetes

Table 1

Baseline clinical characteristics of 24 elderly patients with type 2 diabetes.

	Male	Female
	12	12
Age (year)	76.3 ± 3.9	76.5 ± 7.0
Body height (cm)	163.0 ± 6.6	148.0 ± 5.9
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	23.1 ± 2.4	22.9 ± 4.2
Duration of diabetes (year)	14.0 ± 10.1	16.2 ± 12.0
Diabetic retinopathy
(none/simple/preproliferative)	9/2/1	10/1/1
Albuminuria (norm/micro/macro-)	7/3/2	7/5/0
Diabetic therapy
(diet/non-SU/SU included)	0/3/9	0/2/10
Morbidities (treated with oral agents)
Hypertension ()	9	11
Hypercholesterolemia ()	2	3
Hypertriglyceridemia ()	0	2
Hyperuricemia ()	1	1
Antiplatelet therapy ()	5	7

SU: sulfonylurea.