Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Distributions of the Ankle-Brachial Index among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Variables	Men (𝑛=671)	Women (𝑛=450)	^*P value
	Mean ± S.D	Mean ± S.D
Age (yrs)	52.97±10.04	54.76±8.81	<0.002
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	25.71±5.15	26.66±4.94	<0.002
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	150.12±23.48	150.32±24.87	0.890
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	87.67±13.81	83.86±12.04	<0.001
Ankle-brachial pressure index (ABI)	1.13±0.17	1.12±0.14	0.293
Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) (cm/sec)	1905.13±478.33	1991.40±522.08	<0.004
Duration (yrs)	8.02±5.64	6.96±5.54	<0.002
Hypertension (%)	62.59	62.88	—

^*P value by 𝑡-test; duration: since diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus.