Prevalence of Chronic Complications, Their Risk Factors, and the Cardiovascular Risk Factors among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Attending the Diabetic Clinic at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Sri Lanka

Table 1

Metabolic profile and its significance to the study population by gender.

Variable	Females (); Mean ± (SD)	Males (); Mean ± (SD)	Total (); Mean ± (SD)	value	value
Basal metabolic index (BMI)	26.5 ± (4.5)	24.8 ± (4.5)	26.3 ± (4.6)	1.06	0.289
HBA1c (%)	8.46 ± (1.8)	8.0 ± (3.7)	8.3 ± (2.5)	2.85	0.04
Fasting blood sugar (mg/dl)	159.6 ± (35.5)	127.9 ± (35.5)	137 ± (40.1)	2.80	0.005
Postprandial blood sugar (mg/dl)	162.6 ± (30.1)	156.0 ± (29.2)	161.1 ± (32.5)	0.92	0.35
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	131.5 ± (20.1)	128 ± (10.1)	130 ± (19.9)	3.92	0.001
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	79.4 ± (10.2)	79.1 ± (11.8)	79.4 ± (10.7)	0.29	0.77
Low-density lipoprotein (mg/dl)	99.7 ± (9.1)	98.8 ± (18.7)	99.78 ± (14.10)	1.83	0.06
High-density lipoprotein (mg/dl)	47.8 ± (10.8)	45.8 ± (10.5)	46.93 ± (10.5)	1.35	0.17
Triglyceride (mg/dl)	127.8 ± (35.3)	118. 1 ± (29.5)	127.92 ± (35.0)	1.61	0.10