Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease among patients with type 2 diabetes in Basrah

Table 2 Sociodemographic and cardiovascular risk factors of 1079 patients according to gender n (%)

Variable		Men	Women	P value
Age (yr)	mean ± SD	56.6 ± 11.5	55.8 ± 11.0	0.276
	< 40	44 (53.0)	39 (47.0)	0.650
	40-49	133 (60.5)	87 (39.5)
	50-59	191 (57.9)	139 (42.1)
	≥ 60	266 (59.6)	180 (40.4)
Education (yr)	mean ± SD	8.2 ± 2.8	3.0 ± 4.7	< 0.0001
	Illiterate	160 (35.2)	295 (64.8)	< 0.0001
	≤ 9	228 (69.9)	98 (30.1)
	≥ 10	246 (82.6)	52 (17.4)
Current smoker	Yes	237 (87.8)	33 (12.2)	< 0.0001
Duration of diabetes (yr)	mean ± SD	7.6 ± 6.9	7.1101 ± 6.02	0.149
	≤ 5	267 (56.3)	207 (43.7)	0.314
	6-10	222 (61.5)	139 (38.5)
	> 10	145 (59.4)	99 (40.6)
Known cardiovascular disease		125 (72.3)	48 (27.7)	< 0.0001
Hypertension		265 (55.4)	213 (44.6)	0.048
WC (cm)	mean ± SD	100.15 ± 12.45	100.46 ± 12.16	0.681
BMI	mean ± SD	27.7 ± 5.0	28.5 ± 5.9	0.029
	< 25	190 (59.7)	128 (40.3)	0.193
	25-29	243 (61.4)	153 (38.6)
	≥ 30	201 (55.1)	164 (44.9)
Insulin use	Yes	129 (44.5)	161 (55.5)	< 0.0001
HbA1c (% total Hb)	mean ± SD	9.32 ± 2.0	9.61 ± 2.05	0.100
	< 7	35 (59.3)	24 (40.7)	0.928
	≥ 7	599 (58.7)	421 (41.3)
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	mean ± SD	206.2 ± 42.6	207.7 ± 42.6	0.658
	< 200	221 (65.4)	117 (34.6)	0.003
	≥ 200	413 (55.7)	328 (44.3)
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	mean ± SD	45.85 ± 14.58	47.76 ± 9.84	0.040
	< 40	173 (74.6)	59 (25.4)	< 0.0001
	≥ 40	461 (54.4)	386 (45.6)
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	mean ± SD	122.2 ± 35.5	123.2 ± 36.5	0.723
	< 100	106 (61.6)	66 (38.4)	0.447
	≥ 100	528 (58.2)	379 (41.8)
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	mean ± SD	201.0 ± 107.1	181.3 ± 80.60	0.004
	< 150	179 (58.5)	127 (41.5)	0.913
	≥ 150	455 (58.9)	318 (41.1)

WC: Waist circumference; BMI: Body mass index; HbA1c: Hemoglobin A1c test; HDL: High density lipoprotein; LDL: Low density lipoprotein.