Association of Aortic Compliance and Brachial Endothelial Function with Cerebral Small Vessel Disease in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: Assessment with High-Resolution MRI

Table 2

Clinical and biochemical characteristics of the study population.

	DM2 patients
	()
Sex
Male	37
Female	25
Age (years)	56.84 ± 7.46
Diabetes duration (years)	7.29 ± 5.92
HbA1c (%)	9.65 ± 2.97
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	133.06 ± 16.00
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	85.95 ± 10.84
Pulse pressure (mmHg)	47.11 ± 9.73
Heart rate (bpm)	70.48 ± 10.49
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	24.92 ± 3.95
Smoking
Yes	46
No	16
Hypertension
Yes	31
No	31
Cholesterol (mmol/L)	4.87 ± 1.17
HDL (mmol/L)	1.17 ± 0.31
LDL (mmol/L)	2.69 ± 1.01
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	2.36 ± 2.40

Note: values are mean ± SD or data are numbers of patients, DM2: type 2 diabetes mellitus patients, HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin A1C, HDL: high-density lipoprotein, and LDL: low-density lipoprotein. Normal range: systolic/diastolic blood pressure < 140/90 mmHg, heart rate (60–100 bpm), HbA1c (4.0–6.0%), cholesterol (<5.2 mmol/L), triglycerides (0.6–1.7 mmol/L), HDL (>1.04 mmol/L), and LDL (<3.12 mmol/L).