Peripheral arterial disease progression and ankle brachial index: a cohort study with newly diagnosed patients with type 2 diabetes

Table 7 Drug-naive patients’ laboratory features before and after follow-up

Laboratory features	Before	After	P
Laboratory features	N = 143	N = 143	P
Glycemia (mg/dL)	187 ± 63	170 ± 65	< 0.05
Glycated hemoglobin (%)	8.9 ± 2.1	8.4 ± 2.3	< 0.05
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.8 ± 0.2	0.9 ± 0.3	< 0.001
Glomerular Filtration Ratio (mL/min)	104 ± 36	95 ± 25	< 0.001
Urinary Albumin excretion (mg/g—Log10)	1.14 ± 0.6	0.95 ± 0.7	< 0.001
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	212 ± 56	199 ± 57	< 0.05
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	222 ± 158	228 ± 266	0.8
HDL-c (mg/dL)	40 ± 7	43 ± 11	< 0.001
LDL-c (mg/dL)	132 ± 45	113 ± 38	< 0.001

LDL-C Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C High-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05

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