Table 1 Characteristics of cases and controls for age and ethnicity

Age at test (years)

60.2 ± 10.1

58.1 ± 10.8

<0.001

Gender (male %)

47.8

50.0

0.225

BMI (kg/m2)

23.9 ± 2.7

23.5 ± 2.8

<0.001

SBP (mmHg)

136.1 ± 12.0

123.9 ± 16.0

<0.001

DBP (mmHg)

80.04 ± 6.8

76.7 ± 9.3

<0.001

GLU(mmol/L)

8.3 ± 2.7

4.9 ± 0.6

<0.001

TC (mmol/L)

5.22 ± 0.77

5.17 ± 0.87

0.139

TG (mmol/L)

2.09 ± 1.45

1.45 ± 1.14

<0.001

LDL (mmol/L)

3.10 ± 0.85

3.08 ± 0.81

0.497

HDL (mmol/L)

1.40 ± 0.74

1.41 ± 0.30

0.822

HBA1C (%)

7.97 ± 0.73

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DURATION ( years)

8.73 ± 4.57

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Data are shown as mean ± SD; The p values were obtained by comparison of cases and controls