Research Article
Age- and Gender-Related Differences in LDL-Cholesterol Management in Outpatients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of T2DM outpatients according to gender.
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| | (%) | 188,125 (45.3) | 227,169 (54.7) | | | Age (yrs) | | | <0.0001 | | Smokers (%) | | | <0.0001 | | Diabetes duration (yrs) | | | <0.0001 | | BMI (kg/m2) | | | <0.0001 | | Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | | | <0.0001 | | Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | | | <0.0001 | | HbA1c (mmol/mol) | | | <0.0001 | | Total-cholesterol (mg/dL) | | | <0.0001 | | LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) | | | <0.0001 | | HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) | | | <0.0001 | | LDL/HDL ratio | | | <0.0001 | | Triglycerides (mg/dL) | | | 0.40 | | Patients treated with lipid-lowering medications (%) | 41.2 | 41.2 | 0.74 | | Statins use (%) | 38.2 | 37.2 | <0.0001 | | Omega 3 use (%) | 1.9 | 2.4 | <0.0001 | | Fibrates use (%) | 3.9 | 6.5 | <0.0001 | | Ezetimibe use (%) | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.22 | | Bile acids sequestrants use (%) | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.12 |
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Data are , %, and means ± standard deviation.
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