Table 1 Clinical characteristics of diabetic patients with (group A) and without (group B) CAN*
PretrainingPost-training
Group AGroup BGroup AGroup B
Sex (M/F)6/114/11
Age (years)56.2 (5.8) (47–67)55.8 (5.6) (47–64)
Duration of diabetes mellitus (years)8.9 (3.4) (3–15)9.8 (4.1) (2–15)
Height (cm)162.2 (6.5) (154–179)162.9 (8.6) (137–175)
Body weight (kg)73.5 (9.0) (58–96)72.1 (12.2) (44–104)72.1 (9.2) (58–95)70.0 (9.8)† (43–88)
Body mass index (kg/m2)27.8 (3.2) (23.4–34.8)27.1 (3.7) (23.4–38.7)27.3 (3.0) (23.8–34.4)26.2 (2.6)† (22.8–32.7)

  • *Values given are the mean (SD) and range.

  • †p<0.05 pretraining versus post-training.