Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the study participants † Continuous variables are expressed as mean (standard deviation, SD)

Sex (M/F)

865/680

358/260

0.677

Age (years)

54.2 (13.3)

57.1 (13.6)

< 0.001*

Diabetes duration (years)

0.08 (0.58)

0.09 (0.63)

0.681

BW (kg)

71.9 (16.0)

71.9 (15.1)

0.913

WC (cm)

91.0 (11.2)

92.07 (10.9)

0.051

BMI (kg/m²)

27.1(9.0)

27.4 (8.5)

0.407

Systolic BP (mmHg)

128.7 (16.0)

134.6 (18.4)

< 0.001*

Diastolic BP (mmHg)

77.5 (11.0)

79.58 (12.4)

< 0.001*

Fasting glucose (mmol/L)

8.26 (3.51)

9.18 (4.12)

< 0.001*

HbA_1c (%)

8.131 (2.287)

9.094 (8.156)

0.004*

TC (mmol/L)

4.79 (1.14)

4.90 (1.27)

0.073

TG (mmol/L)

1.81 (1.90)

2.21 (2.37)

-

Log TG

0.17 (0.26)

0.24 (0.28)

< 0.001*

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.84 (0.90)

2.84 (1.00)

0.873

ALT (ukat/L)

0.58 (0.45)

0.59 (0.45)

0.686

Cr (umol/L)

70.7 (15.9)

79.6 (23.9)

< 0.001*

eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m²)

100.89 (28.19)

93.16 (53.39)

0.001*

UACR (mg/mmol)

1.10 (0.81)

31.36 (80.64)

-

Log UACR

-0.09 (0.41)

1.01 (0.60)

< 0.0001*