Table 1.
Comparison of descriptive characteristics and body composition between control and diabetic subjects.
| Variables | Total N = 191 |
Control n = 84 | T2DM n = 107 | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male/Female | 98/93 | 45/39 | 58/49 | – |
| Age (years) | 51.15 ± 11.15 | 49.51 ± 11.31 | 52.51 ± 10.88 | .066 |
| Height (cm) | 166.31 ± 11.59 | 166.88 ± 8.50 | 165.82 ± 13.68 | .535 |
| Weight (Kg) | 81.41 ± 18.40 | 77.65 ± 14.69 | 84.58 ± 20.56 | .010* |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 28.94 ± 5.16 | 27.96 ± 4.93 | 29.77 ± 5.23 | .017* |
| Intracellular fluid (ICF) (Liters) | 27.43 ± 4.32 | 26.87 ± 4.73 | 27.91 ± 3.91 | .100 |
| Extracellular fluid (ECF) (Liters) | 13.92 ± 7.26 | 13.93 ± 10.45 | 13.90 ± 2.38 | .983 |
| Total body water (TBW) (Liters) | 42.73 ± 27.39 | 43.94 ± 40.11 | 41.70 ± 5.83 | .581 |
| Protein Mass (Kg) | 10.97 ± 1.73 | 10.75 ± 1.89 | 11.16 ± 1.56 | .109 |
| Bone mass (Kg) | 3.53 ± .47 | 3.46 ± .49 | 3.60 ± .43 | .053* |
| Body Fat Mass (Kg) | 25.74 ± 10.13 | 24.13 ± 9.09 | 27.09 ± 10.80 | .047* |
| Fat mass/Muscle mass ratio | 2.36 ± .89 | 2.28 ± .90 | 2.42 ± .87 | .276 |
| Soft Lean Mass (Kg) | 51.80 ± 8.09 | 50.53 ± 8.74 | 52.86 ± 7.37 | .050* |
| Lean body mass (Kg) | 55.25 ± 8.60 | 53.87 ± 9.26 | 56.41 ± 7.86 | .044* |
| Body Fat % (BF%) | 31.40 ± 9.26 | 30.30 ± 8.13 | 32.34 ± 10.06 | .135 |
| Waist/Hip-Ratio (WHR) | .97 ± .11 | .94 ± .12 | 1.00 ± .09 | <.001* |
Data are represented as mean and standard deviation.
*
Significant p-values of t-test,
*
p ≤ .05.