Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the study subjects.

	Diabetic patients (diabetic group, n = 24)	Controls (control group, n = 14)	P values
Age, years	56.7 ± 1.5	61.4 ± 2.0	0.069
Male/Female	11/15	7/9	0.927
TCho (mmol/L)	4.2 ± 0.2	4.7 ± 0.2	0.149
HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.1 ± 0.0	1.2 ± 0.1	0.221
LDL-C (mmol/L)	2.5 ± 0.1	2.3 ± 0.2	0.286
TG (mmol/L)	1.6 ± 0.2	1.6 ± 0.2	0.856
FBG (mmol/L)	6.9 ± 0.4	5.3 ± 0.2	0.005
ALB (g/L)	39.9 ± 1.2	40.5 ± 0.9	0.721
GLB (g/L)	25.3 ± 1.0	24.7 ± 0.3	0.498
Duration of DM, years	11.2 ± 1.8	–	–
BMI (kg/m2)	22.1 ± 0.5	21.8 ± 0.4	0.595
Hypertension, n (%)	14 (53.8%)	5 (31.3%)	0.153

Data were expressed as mean ± standard errors (SE).

TCho Total cholesterol, HDL-C high-density liptein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density liptein cholesterol, TG triglyceride, FBG fasting blood glucose, ALB albumin, GLB globulin, DM diabetes mellitus, BMI body mass index.

Bold indicates significance set at p < 0.05.