Table 1: Demographic and laboratory characteristics of T2DM patients recruited for the study.

Gender (male/female)	26/33
Age (years)/ Mean age	37-80/ 60.115 ± 10.83
Nephropathy cases^*	5
Retinopathy cases	16
Cardio-vascular complications	8
Duration of DM (years)	11.3 ± 7.8
Blood glucose level (mg/dL)	182.4 ± 46.28
HbA1c (%)	8.2 ± 1.31

Data are expressed as means ± S.E.

^*two patients showed nephropathy and retinopathy complications.