Research Article
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 () | Women () |
*P value | Mean S.D | Mean S.D |
| Age (yrs) | | | <0.002 | Body mass index (kg/m2) | | | <0.002 | Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | | | 0.890 | Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | | | <0.001 | Ankle-brachial pressure index (ABI) | | | 0.293 | Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) (cm/sec) | | | <0.004 | Duration (yrs) | | | <0.002 | Hypertension (%) | 62.59 | 62.88 | ā |
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*P value by -test; duration: since diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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