Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Table 1 Characteristics of the studied patients (n = 81)

From: The relationship between vascular endothelial growth factor-A serum level and the severity of diabetic peripheral neuropathy

	No.	%
Age (years)
Mean ± SD	47.28 ± 12.9
Min.–max.	18–70
Gender
Male	27	33.3
Female	54	66.7
Duration of diabetes (years)
Mean ± SD	9.15 ± 7.31
Min.–max.	0.08–40
Treatment
Insulin	45	55.6
Oral	36	44.4
Hypertension
No	46	56.8
Yes	35	43.2
Smoking
Nonsmoker	70	86.4
Smoker	11	13.6
BMI (kg/m²)
Underweight (< 18)	1	1.2
Normal (18–< 25)	13	16.0
Overweight (25–< 30)	26	32.1
Obese (≥ 30)	41	50.6
Mean ± SD	30.06 ± 5.65

No. Number, % Percentage, SD Standard deviation, min Minimum, max Maximum, BMI Body mass index

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