Gender Differences in Risks of Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Their Association with Metabolic Syndrome in China

Table 1

Anthropometric and biochemical data of subjects according to gender.

	Men	Women
	796	718
Age (years)		^‡
YSDD (years)
Weight (Kg)
BMI (Kg/m^2)
WC (cm)
Systolic BP (mmHg)
Diastolic BP (mmHg)
FBG (mmol/L)
HbA1c (%)
TC (mmol/L)	4.4 (3.8, 5.2)	4.7 (4.0, 5.5)^‡
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	1.5 (1.1, 2.1)	1.7 (1.2, 2.3)^†
HDL-c (mmol/L)	1.1 (1.0, 1.4)	1.3 (1.1, 1.5)^‡
LDL-c (mmol/L)	2.8 (2.2, 3.5)	2.9 (2.4, 3.5)^†
Current smoker (, %)	326 (41.0%)	8 (1.1%)^‡
Former smoker (, %)	172 (21.6%)	3 (0.4%)^‡
AF (, %)	6 (0.8%)	6 (0.8%)

, ^†, and ^‡ compared to men. Data are expressed as means ± standard deviation (SD) or median (25th–75th percentiles), and categorical variables were reported as percentages. WC: waist circumference; BP: blood pressure; FBG: fasting blood glucose; TC: total cholesterol; HDL-c: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-c: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; AF: atrial fibrillation; YSDD: years since diagnosis of diabetes.