Anemia in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 1

Characteristics of patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 according to the presence of anemia.

Variables	Anemia
	Yes ()	No ()	value
Gender			0,05
Male	23 (46,0)	29 (30,2)
Female	27 (54,0)	67 (69,8)
Age (in years)	61,8 ± 9,5	60,5 ± 8,7	0,27
Body mass (kg)	83,6 ± 16,8	77,5 ± 13,5	0,01
Height (m)	1,61 ± 0,08	1,59 ± 0,09	0,28
BMI (kg/m^2)	32,2 ± 6,0	30,6 ± 5,7	0,12
Waist circumference (cm)	105,9 ± 15,9	104,7 ± 11,5	0,62
Time of diagnosis of DM2 (in years)	6 (0,5–40,0)	5 (0,6–40,0)	0,14
Advanced age	30 (60,0)	55 (57,3)	0,75
Hypertension	42 (84,0)	65 (67,7)	0,03
Dyslipidemia	23 (46,0)	48 (50,0)	0,64
Obesity	38 (76,0)	65 (67,7)	0,29
Metabolic syndrome	35 (70,0)	56 (58,3)	0,16
Heart disease	10 (20,0)	18 (18,8)	0,85
Respiratory disease	6 (12,0)	15 (15,6)	0,62
Smoking	8 (18,0)	14 (14,6)	0,17
Alcoholism	4 (8,0)	6 (6,3)	0,92
Physical inactivity	23 (46,0)	50 (52,1)	0,48
Stress	23 (46,0)	53 (55,2)	0,29
Hypersodic diet	6 (12,0)	19 (19,8)	0,25
Alteration of renal function by creatinine	9 (18,0)	18 (18,8)	0,91
Alteration of renal function by Cockcroft-Gault equation	12 (24,0)	25 (26,0)	0,78

DM2: diabetes mellitus type 2; indicates value according to Student’s -test; indicates value according to test of Mann-Whitney; indicates value according to test of Chi-square of Pearson; indicates value according to the exact test of Fischer; results presented on average ± standard deviation or median (minimal and maximal value) and number (percentage); was considered statistically significant.