Association of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Insertion-Deletion Polymorphism with Hypertension in Emiratis with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Its Interaction with Obesity Status
Table 1
Demographic, clinical, and biochemical characteristics of T2DM patients and healthy subjects in the studied population.
Population demographics
T2DM cases
Nondiabetic controls
Age (years)
58 ± 12
45 ± 16
<0.0001
Male : female ratio
115 : 162
151 : 146
0.02
Number of hypertensive
180
55
Number of Normotensive
97
236
BMI
31.93 ± 6.3
28.57 ± 6.23
<0.0001
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)
8.99 ± 7.23
5.63 ± 7.23
<0.0001
Systolic blood pressure
129.97 ± 17.24
122.50 ± 15.65
<0.0001
Diastolic blood pressure
70.0 ± 11.0
71.35 ± 11.45
0.6197
HBA1c (mmol/L)
7.6 ± 1.6
5.59 ± 0.56
<0.0001
Data shown is mean ± SD unless specified otherwise, Student’s -test.