Subjects with type @ diabetes attended for baseline evaluation including BMI , glycaemic and lipid markers , endothelial function ( photoplethysmography ) , insulin resistance ( HOMA ) , inflammation ( sVCAM-@ and Hs-CRP ) and markers of oxidative stress -LSB- total anti-oxidant status ( TAOS and FRAP ) , whole blood total glutathione ( GSH ) assays -RSB- .