Influence of blood glucose fluctuation, C-peptide level and conventional risk factors on carotid artery intima–media thickness in Chinese Han patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Table 1 Basic information of the study population

Variables	T2DM patients (n = 280)	CIMT ≥ 0.9 (n = 66)	CIMT < 0.9 (n = 214)	p
Gender, (male/female)^a	181/99	48/18	133/81	0.1160
Age, years^b	61 (51–71)	66 (56–76)	59 (50–68)	0.0002
BMI, kg/m^2c	24.64 ± 3.75	25.09 ± 3.52	24.51 ± 3.81	0.2869
Illness years^b	6 (1–13)	10 (4–25)	6 (0.6–11)	0.0063
Hypertension, n (%)^a	170 (60.71)	46 (69.70)	124 (57.94)	0.0870
Cerebral infarction, n (%)^a	34 (12.14)	11 (16.67)	23 (10.75)	0.1980
Smoker, n (%)^a	78 (27.86)	22 (33.33)	56 (26.17)	0.2560
Daily smoking amount^b	0 (0–4)	0 (0–12.5)	0 (0–2)	0.3410

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