Apolipoprotein E Gene Polymorphism, Glycated Hemoglobin, and Peripheral Arterial Disease Risk in Chinese Type 2 Diabetic Patients

Table 1

The demographic and biochemical parameters of T2DM patients compared with T2DM+PAD patients.

Parameters	T2DM ()	T2DM+PAD ()
Age (years)			0.001
Sex (female) ( (%))	31 (43.7%)	39 (32.2%)	0.112
Disease duration (years)			0.001
Hypertension ( (%))	28 (39.4%)	75 (62.0%)	0.002
Smoking ( (%))	26 (36.6%)	63 (52.1%)	0.038
Family DM history ( (%))	31 (43.7%)	49 (40.5%)	0.668
BMI (kg/m^2)			0.832
TG (mmol/L)			0.181
TC (mmol/L)			0.406
HDL (mmol/L)			0.267
LDL (mmol/L)			0.092
HbA1c (%)			0.084

. T2DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus; PAD: peripheral arterial disease; BMI: body mass index; TG: triglycerides; TC: total cholesterol; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin.