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. 2009 Jun 2;8:28. doi: 10.1186/1475-2840-8-28

Table 2.

Characteristics of studied groups

p

CT2DM LOADDM N N vs CT2DM N vs LOADDM
n 48 18 42 NS NS
age (years) 65.6 ± 7.1 67.4 ± 10.8 63.0 ± 11.2 NS NS
age at diagnosis (years) 54.9 ± 8.4 54.7 ± 10.0 - - -
weight (kg) 73.2 ± 13.7 73.4 ± 15.3 61.4 ± 13.4 <0.01 <0.05
BMI (kg/m2) 28.7 ± 4.2 28.5 ± 4.3 25.3 ± 3.7 <0.01 <0.05
waist (cm) 98.7 ± 10.7 99.4 ± 13.0 86.3 ± 9.9 <0.01 <0.01
Systolic BP (mmHg) 125.3 ± 16.0 118.0 ± 13.6 130.1 ± 17.3 NS <0.05
Diastolic BP (mmHg) 75.2 ± 7.6 72.6 ± 8.7 81.8 ± 9.0 <0.01 <0.01
FBG (mmol/l) 7.18 ± 1.69 6.41 ± 1.91 4.98 ± 0.33 <0.01 <0.01
A1c (%) 6.4 ± 2.4 7.4 ± 1.2 5.5 ± 0.6 0.07 <0.01
total cholesterol (mmol/l) 4.44 ± 0.87 4.56 ± 0.97 4.94 ± 1.04 <0.05 NS
HDL-cholesterol (mmol/l) 1.23 ± 0.35 1.18 ± 0.28 1.43 ± 0.43 <0.05 0.07
LDL-cholesterol (mmol/l) 2.35 ± 0.64 2.64 ± 0.86 2.96 ± 0.84 <0.01 NS
triglycerides (mmol/l) 1.45 (1.07–2.07) 1.36 (1.05–1.84) 1.14 (0.78–1.48) <0.05 NS
HOMA-%B1 77.1 ± 42.7 80.5 ± 46.1 107.8 ± 40.0 <0.01 NS
HOMA-IR1 2.12 ± 1.28 2.43 ± 1.39 1.27 ± 0.64 <0.05 NS
fasting C-peptide (nmol/l) 0.78 ± 0.50 0.77 ± 0.56 0.57 ± 0.29 NS NS
p2

females (%) 68.8 72.2 83.3 NS
hypertension (%) 85.4 72.2 50 <0.01
obesity (%) 31.3 22.2 11.9 NS
overweight (%) 83.3 66.7 52.4 <0.01
central obesity (%) 62.5 61.1 38.1 0.051
low HDL (%) 63.8 50 34.1 <0.05
hypertriglyceridemia (%) 38.8 33.3 17.7 NS
dyslipidemia treatment (%)3 8.3 0 7.1 NS
metabolic syndrome (%) 87.5 77.8 11.9 <0.01
insulin treatment (%)4 14.9 37.5 - 0.054
positive GADA (%) 4.9 0 2.6 NS

1calculated in 39 individuals from group CT2DM, 14 from LOADDM, and 39 from N; 2Two df significance, except 4(one df); 3current or previous use of fibrates/statins; NS denotes p< 0.10