TABLE 1

Clinical and biochemical characteristics of the patients studied

	Nondiabetic	Diabetic	P
n	65	51
Age	63.4 ± 9.5	66.4 ± 8.2	0.07^a
Women (%)	8 (12)	9 (18)	0.42^b
Body mass index (kg/m²)	27 ± 3.2	27.6 ± 3.7	0.37^a
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	158 ± 51	148 ± 40	0.221^b
Low-density lipoprotein (mg/dl)	89 ± 40	73 ± 32	0.019^b
High-density lipoprotein (mg/dl)	42 ± 14	39 ± 10	0.238^b
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	125 ± 42	154 ± 87	0.005^b
Glucose (mg/dl)	93 ± 19	136 ± 50	<0.001^a
Hemoglobin A1c (%)	5.6 ± 0.4	7.4 ± 1.1	<0.001^a
Hypertension (n/%)	18/35	33/56	0.06^b
Smokers (n/%)	25/38%	13/25	0.13^b
TGF-β1 (pg/ml) (log)	39.94 ± 13.6	44.91 ± 12.8	0.86^a
TGF-β1/no. platelet	0.16 ± 0.64	0.18 ± 0.65	0.21^a