For the entire study population, mean age, duration of diabetes, baseline A1C, and baseline FPG were 54.6 years, 6.5 years, 8.0%, and 176 mg/dl, respectively.
Apart from age and, therefore, duration of diabetes, baseline characteristics were similar for both age groups.
Additional analysis using logistic procedure shows that baseline albuminuria was associated with hypertension (odds ratio: 2.77 [95% CI 2.44 3.16]), A1C (1.17 per % [1.14 1.21]), LDL cholesterol (1.09 per mmol/l [1.03 1.16]), and BMI (1.04 per kg/m, 1.03 1.06) after adjusting for age, duration of diabetes, baseline drug use, and other covariates.
In this regression model we controlled for age, gender, duration of diabetes, baseline HbA1c value and occupational activity.
A final possible explanation for the smaller response rate to steroid injections in our study could be the long duration of symptoms at baseline for the steroid-group in our study (76 weeks) as compared to the study by Dammers (32 weeks) and Armstrong (39% of the steroid group had symptoms for less than one year).
Compliance ratings varied by country (p < 0.001) and duration of post-baseline treatment (p = 0.014).
ATP, CCh, GABA, or 5HT were delivered by switching perfusion flow from the main AHL line to another channel containing diluted compound after 30 s of baseline recording for desired durations followed by a return to AHL flow.
A summary of disease duration and characteristics at baseline for all subjects treated with any dose of adalimumab is presented in Table 1.
In terms of the principal risk factors for diabetic retinopathy, studies in the two time periods had relatively similar baseline duration of diabetes: 11.1 years for 1975 1985 versus 11.7 years for 1986–2008.
It was shown that KIM-1 was not particularly useful in prediction of dialysis and death in 7 days, although its utility was improved with stratification for duration of AKI and baseline GFR [ 91].
