Table 1 General characteristic data of participants.

From: Potential role of serum copeptin among smoker T2DM patients with emphasis to ACE I/D gene polymorphism predicting DN

Parameters

Diabetic patients (n = 106)

Healthy Control (n = 102)

Test of significance

P value

Age (years)

51.61 ± 6.18

50.27 ± 5.98

1.59a

0.11

Smoking habits

 Yes

55 (51.9%)

50 (49%)

0.17b

0.39

 No

51 (48.1%)

52 (51%)

Duration of smoking (Years)

20.27 ± 11.61

17.84 ± 9.8

1.0a

0.32

Diastolic pressure (mmHg)

85.29 ± 9.45

79.17 ± 9.42

3.24a

0.002

Systolic pressure (mmHg)

129.46 ± 16.51

127.104 ± 9.54

0.67a

0.5

  1. at test.
  2. bχ2.