Table 3 Comparison of socio-demographic factors and glucose control of hypertensive patients with and without diabetes who were statins users or non-users
Hypertensive patients with DM (n = 507) | Hypertensive patients without DM (n = 553) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Statin users | Statin non users | P value (95% CI) | Statin users | Statin non users | P value (95% CI) | |
n = 415 | n = 92 | n = 396 | n = 157 | |||
Age (years) Mean (SD) | 61.71 (9.29) | 62.17 (12.02) | 0.728* (-2.176, 3.107) | 62.80 (10.30) | 60.52 (12.23) | 0.039* (-4.463, -0.111) |
Gender n (%) | ||||||
Men | 176 (84.6) | 32 (15.4) | 0.178** | 155 (70.8) | 64 (29.2) | 0.725** |
Women | 239 (79.9) | 60 (20.1) | 241 (72.2) | 93 (27.8) | ||
Ethnicity n (%) | ||||||
Malay | 137 (83.5) | 27 (16.5) | 0.737** | 116 (73.0) | 43 (27.0) | 0.808** |
Chinese | 160 (80.4) | 39 (19.6) | 220 (71.0) | 90 (29.0) | ||
Indian | 115 (81.6) | 26 (18.4) | 54 (70.1) | 23 (29.9) | ||
Others | 3 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (85.7) | 1 (14.3) | ||
Duration of diabetes (years) | n = 406 | n = 84 | ||||
Mean (SD) | 8.169 (6.556) | 7.020 (6.255) | 0.141* | |||
HbA1c# | n = 372 | n = 77 | n = 72 | n = 33 | ||
Mean IFCC unit (SD) mmol/mol | 62 (19) | 57 (17) | 0.030* (-9.610, -0.494) | 44 (5) | 42 (6) | 0.082* (-3.972, 0.242) |
Mean NGSP unit (SD)% | 7.8 (1.7) | 7.3 (1.6) | 0.034* (-0.871, -0.034) | 6.1 (0.4) | 6.0 (0.5) | 0.089* (-0.363, 0.026) |
FBG# | n = 397 | n = 87 | n = 350 | n = 131 | ||
Mean (SD) mmol/L | 7.71 (2.98) | 7.25 (2.55) | 0.179* (-1.142, 0.213) | 5.39 (0.53) | 5.27 (0.58) | 0.029* (-0.231, -0.012) |
TG# | n = 383 | n = 84 | n = 361 | n = 137 | ||
Mean (SD) mmol/L | 1.602 (0.737) | 1.965 (1.289) | 0.014* (0.075, 0.653) | 1.416 (0.623) | 1.357 (0.628) | 0.346* (-0.182, 0.064) |
HDL# | n = 383 | n = 84 | n = 361 | n = 137 | ||
Mean (SD) mmol/L | 1.269 (0.317) | 1.204 (0.322) | 0.092* (-0.140, 0.011) | 1.465 (0.420) | 1.373 (0.380) | 0.026* (-0.173,-0.011) |
Body Mass Index | n = 232 | n = 44 | n = 150 | n = 58 | ||
Mean (SD) Kg/m2 | 28.02 (5.37) | 27.74 (4.70) | 0.744* (-1.990, 1.423) | 27.44 (4.67) | 26.73 (5.35) | 0.350* (-2.189, 0.778) |
Diabetic medication n (%) | ||||||
Yes | 391 (83.7) | 76 (16.3) | <0.001** | |||
No | 24 (60.0) | 16 (40.0) | ||||
On diuretic and/or beta-blocker n (%) | ||||||
Yes | 201 (80.1) | 50 (19.9) | 0.305** | 196 (74.5) | 67 (25.5) | 0.148** |
No | 214 (83.6) | 42 (16.4) | 200 (69.0) | 90 (31.0) | ||