Research Article

Elevated Heparin-Induced Antibodies Are More Common in Diabetic Patients with Vascular Disease

Table 1

Comparison of patient characteristics for both diabetics (DM) and nondiabetics (nDM). CAD: Coronary artery disease, PVD: peripheral vascular disease, A-fib: atrial fibrillation, COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CKD: chronic Kidney Disease, ESRD: end-stage renal disease, Chol: hypercholesterolemia, and AAA: abdominal aortic aneurysm.

DemographicsNumber of patients
DMnDM

Men2117
Women 2225
Average age (yrs)
CAD229*
Hypertension4332*
PVD166*
A-fib28*
COPD88
Varicose veins03
CKD 3-423
ESRD3222*
Chol209*
AAA04*

Chi-squared .