Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease among patients with type 2 diabetes in Basrah

Table 3 Percentages of patients with type 2 diabetes (n = 1079) with cardiovascular risk factors outside target range

Variable (%)	Current smoking	Blood pressure (≥140/90 mmHg)	HbA1c (≥7%)	LDL cholesterol (≥100 mg/dL)	HDL cholesterol (< 40 mg/dL)
All	25.0	44.3	86.1	84.1	27.6
Gender
Men	37.4	41.8	84.4	83.3	32.8
Women	7.4	47.9	87.8	85.2	18.7
P value	< 0.0001	0.048	0.267	0.447	< 0.0001
Age (yr)
< 40	27.7	45.8	87.2	84.3	33.9
40-49	26.8	39.5	87.3	81.4	26.2
50-59	21.2	45.5	84.4	83.9	27.4
≥ 60	26.5	45.5	86.4	85.4	27.3
P value	0.291	0.469	0.905	0.610	0.727
Education (yr)
Illiterate	19.3	52.3	86.6	87.9	26.1
≤ 9	31.0	35.3	90.7	82.8	27.8
≥ 10	27.2	41.9	79.4	79.5	29.2
P value	0.001	< 0.0001	0.020	0.007	0.693
Duration (yr)
≤ 5	25.3	28.7	85.4	84.6	24.6
6-10	26.3	58.4	85.2	84.8	28.5
> 10	22.3	55.8	88.6	82.0	31.7
P value	0.545	< 0.0001	0.672	0.596	0.207
BMI (kg/m2)
< 25	25.8	31.1	84.0	84.9	28.4
25-29.9	23.2	47.0	84.6	81.6	26.6
≥ 30	26.3	52.9	89.7	86.0	27.9
P value	0.579	< 0.0001	0.254	0.216	0.873
WC (cm)
< 80	25.9	15.5	88.6	81.0	23.7
≥ 80	25.0	45.9	85.9	84.2	27.7
P value	0.879	< 0.0001	0.656	0.466	0.585
Insulin use
Yes	18.3	40.0	92.8	79.7	26.3
No	27.5	45.9	80.7	85.7	28.0
P value	0.002	0.085	< 0.0001	0.019	0.624

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