65 - 74 y (n = 66)

≥75 y (n = 46)

P-value

Age (y)

69.1 ± 3.0

79.8 ± 4.1

<0.001

Male, No. (%)

38 (57.5)

27 (58.6)

0.999

Body weight (kg)

61.3 ± 10.8

58.0 ± 10.2

0.196

BMI (kg/m²)

24.3 ± 3.8

23.8 ± 3.3

0.453

Duration of Diabetes (y)

14.4 ± 7.3

16.1 ± 8.8

0.274

HbAc1 (%)

8.43 ± 0.8

8.49 ± 0.7

0.725

SBP (mmHg)

126.5 ± 12.5

123.8 ± 9.8

0.223

DBP (mmHg)

72.9 ± 9.9

69.0 ± 10.3

0.051

eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m²)

74.6 ± 22.2

67.0 ± 19.3

0.068

Complication^†

Hypertension

41 (62.1)

34 (73.0)

0.224

Dyslipidemia

32 (48.4)

19 (41.3)

0.563

Chronic Heart failure

5 (7.5)

1 (2.1)

0.398

OMI

5 (7.7)

8 (17.3)

0.138

AF

1 (1.5)

2 (4.3)

0.567

ASO

1 (1.5)

2 (4.3)

0.567

Stroke

1 (1.5)

0 (0.0)

0.999

Other OHA^‡

Metformin

47 (71.2)

22 (47.8)

0.018

SU

31 (46.9)

27 (58.7)

0.252

Pioglitazone

6 (9.0)

7 (15.2)

0.376

αGI

2 (3.0)

2 (4.3)

0.999

Insulin

15 (22.7)

13 (28.2)

0.515