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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of diabetic patients with and without peripheral neuropathy

From: Ethnic differences in the +405 and −460 vascular endothelial growth factor polymorphisms and peripheral neuropathy in patients with diabetes residing in a North London, community in the United Kingdom

DEMOGRAPHIC/CLINICAL parameters

With Neuropathy (n = 49)

Without neuropathy (n = 264)

Age (years)

67.48 ± 8.18**

60.60 ± 11.29

Diabetes(Type1/Type2)%

8.6/91.4

12.9/87.1

Duration of diabetes (years)

22.16 ± 9.45**

15.73 ± 8.01

Gender (male/female)%

65.6/34.4*

46.6/52.9

Smoking history (yes/No) %

78.1/21.9

73.8/26.2

Caucasian/African-Caribbean/Indo-Asian (%)

77.55/18.36/4.08*

58.50/27.35/14.15

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

143.04 ± 20.77

144.16 ± 21.68

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

77.36 ± 10.14

81.14 ± 11.24

Hypertensive (%)

65.3

65.1

Total Cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.5 ± 1.4

4.67 ± 1.19

HDL-Cholesterol (mmol/L)

1.19 ± 0.29

1.43 ± 0.41

Triglycerides(mmol/L)

2.33 ± 1.99

1.99 ± 1.4

BMI (Kg/m2)

31.98 ± 4.86

31.03 ± 6.57

HbA1c % (mmol/mol)

8.07 ± 1.52 (65 ± 5.0)

8.00 ± 1.59 (64 ± 11.0)

  1. Data expressed as mean ± SD
  2. *p ≤ 0.05
  3. **p ≤ 0.001