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Table 1 Demographic, laboratory, clinical characteristics, and duration of medication use in 4,253 newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients

From: Impact of duration of treatments with metformin and sulfonylureas, individually or in combination, on diabetic retinopathy among newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients: a pooled cohort’s analysis

Variables

Time

Diagnosis time

Mean in cohorts exams

Democracy Characteristics

(4,068 newly diagnosed DM)

Age (year)

49.8 ± 1.3

(40,79)

60.2 ± 0.85

(40,88)

Sex

  

 • Male

 • Female

1,883(46.3%)

2,185(53.7%)

-

Education level (Year)

  

 • Illiterate

 • < 8

 • 8–16

 • > 16

346(8.5%)

956(23.5%)

1,851(45.5%)

915(22.5%)

-

Smoke (yes)

1,997(49.1%)

-

Race

  

 • White

 • Black

 • Other

2,964 (69.7%)

846(19.9%)

443(10.4%)

-

Marital status(n)

  

 • Married

 • Unmarried

 • Divorced or widow

3,633 (89.3%)

199 (4.9%)

236(5.8%)

-

Aspirin use

3,551(83.8%)

-

Statin use

1,042 (24.5%)

-

Anti-Hypertensive Drugs

3,117(73.3%)

 

BMI(kg/m2)

28.8 ± 0.32

27.9 ± 0.14

Waist(cm)

97.09 ± 0.23

101.2 ± 0.44

Physical activity(m/w)

69.4 ± 0.37

75.2 ± 0.26

Clinical & Laboratory finding

FBS (mg/dl)

160.6 ± 1.59

148.6 ± 2.1

Cholesterol(mg/dl)

225.80 ± 1.3

198.4 ± 0.89

HDL(mg/dl)

58.3 ± 1.7

50.07 ± 0.45

Triglyceride(mg/dl)

177.5 ± 1.85

161.8 ± 1.7

Creatinine(mg/dl)

1.02 ± 0.007

1.06 ± 0.005

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

136.7 ± 1.4

131.2 ± 1.5

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

82.2 ± 0.75

79.9 ± 0.63

Mean Medication time in years (range)

Metformin

6.25 ± 0.41

(0.6, 14.2)

Sulfonylurea

5.86 ± 0.62

(0.7,11.4)

Sulfonylurea + Metformin

4.88 ± 0.8

(0.6,13.5)

Aspirin use

13.9 ± 2.3

(0.7,18.7)

Anti-Hypertensive Drugs

14.5 ± 21.99

(0.9,20.9)

Statin

10.11 ± 2.8

(0.6,17.9)