Clinical Features and Rules of Chinese Herbal Medicine in Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Patients

Table 2

Comparison of baseline characteristics in the two groups by DOD.

Variable	≥10 years	<10 years	Value	value
Male/female	42/21	110/43	0.585	0.512
Age (year)	64.73 ± 11.77	61.92 ± 10.97	1.674	0.096
BMI (kg/m^2)	24.70 ± 4.36	25.35 ± 4.95	−0.916	0.361
FPG (mmol·L^−1)	8.00 ± 3.91	8.75 ± 4.04	−1.253	0.212
HbA1c (%)	9.26 ± 2.63	10.17 ± 2.91	−2.140	0.033
TG (mmol/L)	1.75 ± 1.42	2.02 ± 1.87	−1.015	0.311
TC (mmol/L)	4.44 ± 0.94	4.64 ± 1.06	−1.342	0.181
LDL-C (mmol/L)	2.46 ± 1.07	2.63 ± 1.00	−1.094	0.275
HCY (cm)	17.79 ± 18.99	19.47 ± 23.71	−0.051	0.617
MDNS (fraction)	25.73 ± 5.25	25.89 ± 6.06	−0.061	0.951