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. 2024 Oct 24;12:e18334. doi: 10.7717/peerj.18334

Table 1. Comparison of clinical variables between the T2DM and control groups.

Variables Control (n = 272) T2DM (n = 445) P-value P’-value
Age (years) 54.19 ± 13.50 56.06 ± 12.10 0.063 1
Gender
Male, n (%) 141 (51.84) 262 (58.88)
Female, n (%) 131 (48.16) 183 (41.12) 0.065 1
BMI 23.92 ± 3.29 24.83 ± 3.52 0.001** 0.018*
Hyperlipidemia, n (%) 80 (29.41) 248 (55.73) <0.001*** 0.018*
TP (g/L) 75.44 ± 4.49 68.25 ± 7.16 <0.001*** 0.018*
ALB (g/L) 45.63 ± 2.64 40.39 ± 5.61 <0.001*** 0.018*
GLB (g/L) 29.80 ± 3.85 27.84 ± 4.83 <0.001*** 0.018*
ALB/GLB 1.50 ± 0.30 1.50 ± 0.40 0.022* 0.396
BUN (mmol/L) 5.29 ± 1.32 5.81 ± 2.54 <0.001*** 0.018*
Scr (μmol/L) 70.00 ± 26.00 69.00 ± 26.00 0.124 1
SUA (μmol/L) 348.33 ± 95.43 341.28 ± 97.79 0.349 1
FBG (mmol/L) 4.79 ± 0.64 8.73 ± 4.85 <0.001*** 0.018*
TC (mmol/L) 5.14 ± 0.93 4.99 ± 1.19 0.068 1
TG (mmol/L) 1.50 ± 1.12 1.71 ± 1.22 <0.001*** 0.018*
HDL-C (mmol/L) 1.49 ± 0.37 1.11 ± 0.37 <0.001*** 0.018*
LDL-C (mmol/L) 2.83 ± 0.78 2.85 ± 0.97 0.764 1
APOA1 (g/L) 1.29 ± 0.19 1.13 ± 0.28 <0.001*** 0.018*
APOB (g/L) 0.88 ± 0.20 0.89 ± 0.25 0.396 1

Notes.

TP
total protein
ALB
albumin
GLB
globulin
ALB/GLB
albumin/globulin
BUN
blood urea nitrogen
Scr
serum creatinine
SUA
serum uric acid
FBG
fasting blood glucose
TC
total cholesterol
TG
triglyceride
HDL-C
high density lipoprotein cholesterol
LDL-C
low density lipoprotein cholesterol
APOA1
apolipoprotein A1
APOB
apolipoprotein B
P’-value
adjusted for age and gender
*

P < 0.05

**

P < 0.01

***

P < 0.001