Advanced Glycation End Products Induce Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell-Derived Foam Cell Formation and Transdifferentiate to a Macrophage-Like State

Table 1

Baseline characteristics and laboratory data of the studied population.

	DM	Non-DM
	Age (years)			0.61
Duration of diabetes (years)		—	—
Male/female	9/7	11/9	—
FPG (mmol/l)			<0.001
2-HPG (mmol/l)			<0.001
HbA1c (%)			<0.001
Cholesterol (mmol/l)			0.13
LDL (mmol/l)			0.31
HDL (mmol/l)			0.499
Triglycerides (mmol/l)			0.203
Creatinine (μmol/l)			0.589
BMI (kg/m^2)			0.3850
Smoking ()	7	9	—
Oral antidiabetic agents ()	15	0	—
Insulins ()	10	0	—
Lipid-lowering therapy ()	6	3	—
Antihypertensive therapy	4	5	—
CML (ng/ml)			<0.001