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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: HDL in diabetic nephropathy has less effect in endothelial repairing than diabetes without complications

Characteristic

Healthy controls (n = 12)

Patients with diabetes (n = 18)

Patients with diabetic nephropathy (n = 18)

Age (years)

31.92 ± 2.11

57.78 ± 2.44***

59.94 ± 1.67

Diabetes duration(years)

0

5.18 ± 1.77

11.83 ± 1.63#

Fasting glucose (mmol/l)

4.64 ± 0.09

11.28 ± 1.15***

10.19 ± 1.24

Blood urea nitrogen (mmol/l)

4.55 ± 0.37

5.51 ± 0.41

8.15 ± 0.62##

HbA1C (%)

5.01 ± 0.12

10.04 ± 0.47***

8.91 ± 0.61

Creatinine (umol/l)

57.78 ± 4.70

57.61 ± 2.26

112.40 ± 15.49##

eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m2)

131.30 ± 8.42

131.10 ± 11.01

70.18 ± 5.33###

Total cholesterol (mmol/l)

4.25 ± 0.17

4.71 ± 0.21

4.76 ± 0.41

Triglycerides (mmol/l)

1.04 ± 0.10

2.51 ± 0.32**

1.89 ± 0.30

HDL-C (mmol/l)

1.47 ± 0.07

1.01 ± 0.05***

1.03 ± 0.08

LDL-C (mmol/l)

1.95 ± 0.10

2.90 ± 0.27**

3.02 ± 0.33

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM. HDL-C high density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low density lipoprotein cholesterol; **p<0.01, ***p<0.001, DM-HDL versus N-HDL; ## p<0.01, ### p<0.001, DKD-HDL versus DM-HDL, one-way ANOVA