| Parameters | Patients with diabetes mellitus or impaired glucose tolerance | Patients with normal glucose metabolism | р |
| Age, years | 87.3 ± 5.2 | 86.9 ± 5.0 | 0.44 |
| Women | 25.3% | 74.7% | 0.01 |
| Men | 15.5% | 84.5% | |
| Coronary artery disease | 100% | 100% | NS |
| Arterial hypertension | 100% | 100% | NS |
| Myocardial infarction in history | 38.0% | 22.1% | 0.0003 |
| Heart failure | 20.9% | 14.6% | 0.08 |
| Atrial fibrillation | 38.0% | 32.0% | 0.2 |
| Stroke in history | 21.7% | 15.5% | 0.1 |
| Hyperuricemia | 48.7% | 36.4% | 0.01 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 30.7 ± 4.7 | 28.5 ± 5.4 | 0.01 |
| Arterial pressure syst, mm Hg | 147.3 ± 17.4 | 143.0 ± 18.8 | 0.02 |
| Arterial pressure diast, mm Hg | 81.5 ± 9.8 | 79.2 ± 10.4 | 0.02 |
| Total cholesterol, mmol/L | 4.8 ± 1.1 | 4.9 ± 1.2 | 0.65 |
| HDL-cholesterol, mmol/L | 1.2 ± 0.3 | 1.2 ± 0.4 | 0.68 |
| LDL-cholesterol, mmol/L | 2.8 ± 0.9 | 2.8 ± 1.0 | 0.62 |
| Triglycerides, mmol/L | 1.6 ± 1.1 | 1.4 ± 0.7 | 0.01 |
| Atherogenic index | 3.2 ± 1.1 | 3.1 ± 1.2 | 0.64 |
| Creatinine, µmol/L | 104.7 ± 24.9 | 107.4 ± 35.1 | 0.41 |
| Urea, mmol/L | 7.9 ± 2.8 | 7.7 ± 3.2 | 0.46 |
| Uric acid, µmol/L | 361.3 ± 113.7 | 348.8 ± 117.1 | 0.32 |