Clinical Study
Improving Blood Pressure Control in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus and High Cardiovascular Risk
Table 1
Summary of patient characteristics (at baseline).
| | Without-diabetes () | With-diabetes () | -value |
| | Basic Demography | | | | | Age (years) | 63.4 (9.4) | 63.9 (8.9) | .082 | | Males | 5224 (80%) | 860 (77%) | .065 | | Body Mass Index (kg/m2) | 27.3 (3.7) | 28.7 (4.2) | <.0001 |
| | Clinical Features | | | | | History of MI | 3326 (51%) | 572 (51%) | .721 | | History of PTCA | 1720 (26%) | 296 (27%) | .825 | | History of CABG | 1486 (23%) | 303 (27%) | .001 | | Claudication | 451 (7%) | 174 (16%) | <.0001 | | Transient ischaemic attack | 247 (4%) | 55 (5%) | .067 | | Stroke | 139 (2%) | 31 (3%) | .185 |
| | Drug Treatment | | | | | (i) for hypertension | 2577 (39%) | 621 (56%) | <.0001 | | (ii) for hyperlipidaemia | 4446 (68%) | 754 (68%) | .945 |
| | Laboratory Variables | | | | | Glucose (mmol/l) | 4.46 (1.17) | 9.71 (3.89) | <.0001 | | Creatinine (umol/l) | 97.2 (17.7) | 97.2 (17.7) | .890 |
| | Cardiovascular Variables | | | | | Pulse Rate (beats/min) | 63.8 (10.1) | 67.1 (10.7) | <.0001 | | Systolic BP (mmHg) | 136.9 (18.8) | 140.7 (18.0) | <.0001 | | Diastolic BP (mmHg) | 79.9 (9.5) | 79.8 (9.4) | .719 |
| | Risk Factors | | | | | Current Smoker | 1204 (18%) | 152 (14%) | .0001 | | Total cholesterol ≥5.0 mmol/L | 4167 (65%) | 648 (60%) | .002 | | Body Mass Index ≥30.0 kg/m2 | 1368 (21%) | 376 (34%) | <.0001 | | Blood pressure ≥140/90 mmHg | 3309 (51%) | 668 (60%) | <.0001 | | Any of the above | 5669 (87%) | 984 (88%) | .094 |
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Data are presented as number of patients (%) or mean (SD).
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