Table 2.
Laboratory data
| All n = 1005 |
Northern Taiwan n = 576 |
Central Taiwan n = 150 |
Southern Taiwan n = 238 |
Eastern Taiwan n = 41 |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC glucose, mg/dL | 135.5 ± 61.4 | 133.7 ± 61.4 | 129.6 ± 59.2 | 136.3 ± 62.6 | 129.7 ± 59.3 | 0.698 |
| HbA1C, % | 6.9 ± 1.5 | 7.1 ± 1.57 | 6.5 ± 1.1 | 6.8 ± 1.5 | 7.0 ± 1.4 | 0.013 |
| GOT, U/L | 23.8 ± 16.4 | 22.0 ± 13.1 | 23.0 ± 14.6 | 27.7 ± 21.3 | 23.9 ± 1.4 | <0.001 |
| GPT, U/L | 20.2 ± 20.0 | 19.6 ± 16.9 | 21.3 ± 25.2 | 21.3 ± 24.4 | 19.6 ± 15.6 | 0.713 |
| CK, IU/L | 126.7 ± 164.8 | 120.1 ± 156.1 | 110.1 ± 99.7 | 243.2 ± 219.5 | 136.6 ± 200.5 | 0.107 |
| Hb, g/dL | 11.9 ± 2.2 | 12.0 ± 2.2 | 11.8 ± 2.1 | 11.4 ± 2.0 | 12.2 ± 2.0 | 0.004 |
| Hct, % | 35.9 ± 6.2 | 36.7 ± 6.3 | 35.0 ± 5.9 | 34.2 ± 5.8 | 36.9 ± 6.5 | <0.001 |
| RBC, ×106/µL | 4.0 ± 0.8 | 4.0 ± 0.8 | 4.1 ± 0.7 | 3.9 ± 0.8 | 4.1 ± 0.7 | 0.066 |
| WBC, ×10³/µL | 7.5 ± 2.7 | 7.5 ± 2.6 | 7.0 ± 2.5 | 8.0 ± 3.2 | 6.4 ± 1.8 | <0.001 |
| Platelet, ×10³/µL | 234.2 ± 83.1 | 237.3 ± 81.7 | 214.1 ± 80.4 | 238.7 ± 87.8 | 215.6 ± 76.1 | 0.036 |
| LDL, mg/dL | 84.7 ± 33.2 | 86.3 ± 33.5 | 80.7 ± 23.7 | 80.8 ± 33.5 | 95.0± 41.4 | 0.032 |
| HDL, mg/dL | 45.4 ± 15.2 | 47.0 ± 16.0 | 43.9 ± 13.5 | 42.1 ± 13.0 | 46.6 ± 14.8 | 0.001 |
CK = creatine kinase; GOT = glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase; GPT = glutamic pyruvic transaminase; Hb = hemoglobin, Hct = hematocrit; HDL = high-density lipoprotein; LDL = low-density lipoprotein; RBCs = red blood cell; WBC = white blood cell.