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. 2007 Oct 22;8:73. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-8-73

Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the participants in the study

T2D T2NB P
n (male/female) 40 (20/20) 33 (17/16)
Age (years) 51.26 ± 7.77 51.19 ± 4.70 0.96
BMI (Kg/m2) 27.87 ± 3.80 26.80 ± 3.04 0.18
SBP (mm Hg) 124.61 ± 16.02 118.50 ± 8.27 0.05
DBP (mm Hg) 79.58 ± 10.29 76.09 ± 6.55 0.09
Glucose (mmol/l) 9.71 ± 4.04 4.91 ± 0.36 0.0001
Cholesterol (mmol/l) 5.64 ± 1.23 5.47 ± 0.88 0.50
HDL (mmol/l) 1.17 ± 0.26 1.24 ± 0.41 0.37
LDL (mmol/l) 3.60 ± 0.88 3.43 ± 1.54 0.55
Triglycerides (mmol/l) 2.54 ± 1.49 1.67 ± 0.61 0.002

WBC (cells/ml) 8.19 × 106 ± 6.64 × 102 5.90 × 106 ± 8.59 × 102 0.0001

Data are means ± SD; T2D, Type 2 Diabetes subjects; T2NB, healthy no T2D background unrelated subjects.