| Table 1: Clinical characteristics of patients with high and low glycation* | ||||||
| Characteristic | Patients with high glycation | Patients with low glycation | p value | |||
| All n = 31 |
Included in in-vitro study n = 9 |
All n = 27 |
Included in in-vitro study n = 7 |
Between full groups |
Between groups in in-vitro study | |
| Age, yr, mean (and standard deviation [SD]) | 52 (14) | 63 (20) | 52 (12) | 60 (8) | NS† | NS |
| Sex, no. male | 18 | 3 | 11 | 4 | ||
| Type of diabetes mellitus, no. | ||||||
| Insulin-dependent | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | NS | NS |
| Non-insulin-dependent | 23 | 6 | 23 | 7 | NS | NS |
| Complications, no. affected | ||||||
| Macrovascular | 10 | 4 | 8 | 5 | NS | NS |
| Microvascular | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | NS | NS |
| Polyneuropathy | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | NS | NS |
| BMI, kg/m2, mean (and SD) | 26.4 (4.3) | 23.5 (4.1) | 29.4 (5.7) | 30.4 (3.5) | < 0.05 | < 0.01 |
| *Definition of high and low glycation is given in tx
†NS = not significant. | ||||||
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