Demographics of subjects with or without albuminuria and diabetic retiopathy.

Categorical variables were expressed as numbers (percentage).
Continuous variables were expressed as mean ± standard deviation or median (25% and 75%quartile) for non-normally distributed variables.
BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; CVD,cardiovascular disease; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; 2hPG, 2-hour postprandial plasma glucose; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin A1c; HDL, high density lipoprotein; LDL, low density lipoprotein.
*P<0.05,
**P<0.01 comparison with subgroup of absence of albuminuria or retinopathy using an one-way ANOVA with SNK analysis in regard to quantitative data and a Kruskal-Wallis H for non-normally distributed data.