Cases n=46(%) Controls n=69(%) p-value Odds Ratio®
Female 12(26%) 19(28%) 0.66  
Age 64±10.0 58±11.7 0.049 1.06
Duration T2DM     0.038  
<5 8(17.3%) 25(36.2%) 0.06 1
5-10 14(30%) 14(20.2%) 0.033 4.3
>10 24(52%) 30(50%) 0.042 3.5
HTN 31(67%) 31(45%) 0.026 2.5
Smoking habit(p/yr)          0.001 8.2
 No 22(48%) 59(86%)    
<10 6(13%) 2(3%)    
10-20 1(2%) 2(3%)    
>20 17(37%) 6(8%)    
DLP 36(78.2%) 52(69.5%) 0.065  
Statin usage 16(35%) 28(40.5%)    
HDL<40                           9(19.5%) 16(23.9%)    
LDL>160 5(11%) 5(75%)    
TG240 6(13%) 3(4.5%)    
Hs-CRP(>700 ng/ml) 46(100%) 69(100%) 0.53  
Table 1: Basic features of both groups, comparison in terms of Pearson Chi-square and binary uni-variate logistic regression.