Table 1. The characteristics of the study subjects.

Characteristic	Type 2 diabetes cases (n=53)	Dyslipidemia cases (n=130)	Comorbidity¥ cases (n=58)	Controls (n=155)
Sex
Male	39	89	41	110
Female	14	41	17	45
Age (year)*	54.6 ± 6.7	53.7 ± 6.8	54.7 ± 5.8	52.5 ± 7.5
Blood data (mg/dl)*
Total cholestrol	195.9 ± 25.7	225.5 ± 42.6	226.0 ± 45.3	193.7 ± 24.5
HDL cholestrol	61.1 ± 14.3	47.5 ± 18.4	46.1 ± 16.4	59.4 ± 12.0
Fasting plasma glucose (n)#	121.2 ± 16.3(24)	97.1 ± 12.4 (25)	124.6 ± 20.4 (24)	99.3 ± 12.4(11)
Causal plasma glucose (n)#	199.2 ± 109.1 (29)	97.7 ± 17.1 (104)	217.0 ± 119.2 (31)	98.1 ± 16.0 (138)

^# Calcutlated from participants who had blood test of this item.

^¥ Comorbidity of type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemia.

* Mean ± standard deviation