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Table 1 Patients' baseline characteristics

From: Muscle performance and ankle joint mobility in long-term patients with diabetes

  

C

D

DN

Patients

 

21

27

19

Male/Female

 

13/8

19/8

10/9

Age (years)

mean (SD)

56.6 (11.8)

52.7 (12.7)

53.7 (10.4)

BMI (Kg/m2)

mean (SD)

25.0 (3.1)

25.3 (3.4)

27.0 (4.9)

Type 1/Type 2

 

-

8/19

9/10

Diab. Duration (years)

mean (SD)

-

15.1 (9.3)

19.4 (9.3)

HbA1c (%) °

mean (SD)

-

7.5 (1.5)

7.8 (1.8)

VPT toe (Volt)

mean (SD)

5.3 (2.1)

14.7 (5.7)

31.5 (7.6) *

NDS

 

0

3.8 [0–5]

6.95 [6–8]*

Retinopathy (a/b/p)

 

-

24/0/3

9/5/5

Nephropathy (a/m/M)

 

-

26/1/0

16/2/1

  1. C: controls; D: diabetic patients without neuropathy; DN: diabetic patients with neuropathy
  2. SD: standard deviation
  3. * D vs DN; Student's t-test, p < 0.05
  4. a/b/p = absent, background, proliferative;
  5. a/m/M = absent/microalbuminuria/macroalbuminuria
  6. ° normal range: 4.3 – 5.9%.