Clinical characteristics of the diabetic patients
| Patient No | Sex (M/F) | Age (years) | Duration of DM (years) | Plasma glucose at admission (mg/dl) | HbA1c(%) | Type of DM | Therapy | Retinopathy (R/L) | General complications |
| 1 | M | 25 | ND | 286 | 14.2 | I | Insulin | −/− | cholecystic adenomyosis |
| 2 | M | 52 | 3 | 510 | 10.1 | II | Diet | −/− | vasospastic angina |
| 3 | M | 36 | 5 | 586 | 8.2 | II | Insulin | −/− | chronic pancreatitis, alcoholic hepatitis |
| 4 | F | 72 | ND | 709 | 14.0 | II | Insulin | −/− | hypertension |
| 5 | M | 63 | ND | 542 | 12.9 | II | SU | −/− | hypertension |
| 6 | M | 32 | 2 | 545 | 12.4 | I | Insulin | −/− | hyperlipidaemia |
| 7 | M | 58 | ND | 508 | 13.5 | II | SU | −/− | hepatitis |
| 8 | M | 69 | ND | 824 | 16.0 | II | Insulin | −/− | hypertension, hepatitis |
| 9 | M | 49 | 5 | 730 | 15.6 | II | Insulin | −/− | — |
| 10 | M | 47 | ND | 470 | 12.4 | II | SU | −/− | — |
| 11 | F | 49 | ND | 406 | 10.6 | II | Diet | −/− | hypertension |
| 12 | M | 56 | ND | 507 | 8.0 | II | SU | −/− | alcoholic hepatitis |
| 13 | F | 51 | 3 | 419 | 12.0 | II | SU | NPDR/NPDR | hypertension, nephrosis |
| 14 | M | 58 | ND | 409 | 6.8 | II | Diet | −/− | Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome |
| Mean (SD) | 51 (13) | 532 (141) | 11.9 (2.8) |
ND = newly diagnosed; SU = sulfonylureas; NPDR = non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy.