Research Article

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 ± 1245 ± 16<0.0001
Male : female ratio115 : 162151 : 1460.02
Number of hypertensive18055
Number of Normotensive97236
BMI31.93 ± 6.328.57 ± 6.23<0.0001
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)8.99 ± 7.235.63 ± 7.23<0.0001
Systolic blood pressure 129.97 ± 17.24122.50 ± 15.65<0.0001
Diastolic blood pressure70.0 ± 11.071.35 ± 11.450.6197
HBA1c (mmol/L)7.6 ± 1.65.59 ± 0.56<0.0001

Data shown is mean ± SD unless specified otherwise, Student’s -test.