Increased Intraplatelet ADMA Level May Promote Platelet Activation in Diabetes Mellitus

Table 1

Demographic and biochemical characteristics between studied groups including cardiovascular risk stratification parameters. Results are presented as .

Parameter	Diabetes group; ()	Control group; ()	value
Age (y)			NS
Women (%)	10 (32%)	13 (43%)	NS
BMI (kg/m^2)			<0,05
WHR			<0,05
WBC (k/μl)			<0,05
RBC (mln/μl)			NS
Haemoglobin (g/dl)			NS
Haematocrit (%)			NS
MCV (fL)			NS
MCH (pg)			NS
MCHC (g/dL)			NS
Platelets (k/μl)			NS
PDW (fL)			NS
Glucose (mg/dl)			<0,05
Hb1AC (%)			<0,05
Insulin (uU/mL)			<0,05
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)			NS
LDL (mg/dl)			NS
HDL (mg/dl)			NS
Triglycerides (mg/dl)			NS
hsCRP (mg/l)			<0,05
Creatinine (mg/dl)			NS
eGFR (ml/min/1,73m^2)			<0,05
Urea (mg/dl)			NS
Uric acid (mg/dl)			NS
TSH (μIU/mL)			NS
Troponin I (pg/ml)			NS
BNP (pg/ml)			NS
Sodium (mmol/l)			<0,05
Potassium (mmol/l)			NS
Magnesium (mg/dl)			<0,05
Calcium (mmol/l)			NS
HOMA IR			<0,05
HOMA-β (%)			NS
QUICKI			<0,05

Abbreviations: NS: result statistically nonsignificant; BMI: body mass index; WHR: waist-hip ratio; WBC: white blood cells; RBC: red blood cells; MCV: mean (red blood) cell volume; MCH: mean corpuscular haemoglobin; MCHC: mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration; PDW: platelet distribution width; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; hsCRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; TSH: thyroid-stimulating hormone; BNP: brain natriuretic peptide.