Demographics and baseline characteristics were balanced
across groups, as has been previously reported [17]. In summary, the mean age of patients was 58.4 years, the majority of patients were white (81.1%), the mean duration of
type 2 diabetes was 6.3 years with 19.6% of patients having
type 2 diabetes for >10 years, the mean HbA1c was 7.72%
(61 mmol/mol) with 10.7% of patients having a baseline HbA1c