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Table 2 The clinical characteristics of the enrolled patients at baseline

From: Predictive value of small dense low-density lipoprotein cholesterol for cardiovascular events in Chinese elder diabetes mellitus patients

Variables Whole CVs Non-CVs Pa
(n = 386) (n = 92) (n = 294)
Characteristics
 Age (years) 72.7 ± 5.4 72.9 ±5.2 72.8 ± 5.5 0.568
 Male 269/386 (69.7) 65/92 (70.6) 204/294 (69.4) 0.818
 BMI (kg/m2) 23.6 ± 2.1 24.3 ± 2.3 23.4 ± 2.2 0.001
Cardiovascular disease risk factors
 Hypertension 270/386 (69.9) 64/92 (69.6) 206/294 (70.1) 0.927
 Dyslipidemia 246/386 (90.2) 83/92 (90.2) 265/294 (90.1) 0.982
 Smoking, current or former 246/386 (63.7) 59/92 (64.1) 187/294 (63.6) 0.927
 Family history 82/386 (21.2) 21/92 (22.8) 61/294 (20.7) 0.671
Medications
 Calcium-channel blocker 165/386 (42.7) 48/92 (52.2) 117/294 (39.8) 0.036
 ACEI 212/386 (54.9) 56/92 (60.9) 156/294 (53.1) 0.189
 ARB 172/386 (14.8) 40/92 (43.5) 132/294 (44.9) 0.943
 β-blocker 114/386 (44.5) 27/92 (29.3) 87/294 (29.6) 0.964
 Aspirin 347/386 (89.9) 84/92 (91.3) 263/294 (89.5) 0.608
 Insulin 27/386 (7.0) 12/92 (13.0) 15/294 (5.1) 0.009
 Sulfonylurea 147/386 (40.0) 74/92 (80.0) 73/294 (25.0) 0.001
 Metformin 38/386 (10.0) 9/92 (9.7) 29/294 (10.0) 0.999
 α-Glucosidase inhibitor 127/386 (33.0) 54/92 (58.6) 73/294 (25.0) 0.001
 Thiazolidine 69/386 (18.0) 49/92 (53.2) 20/294 (6.8) 0.001
 Statin 224/386 (58.0) 47/92 (51.1) 162/294 (55.1) 0.501
  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD or the number and its percentage (%) percentage = the number of each individual category divided by n CVs, cardiovascular events; BMI: body mass index; ACEI: angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor; ARB, angiotensin-receptor blocker
  2. aIndicates the comparison of mean or percentage between CVs group and non-CVs group