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. 2011 Mar 18;10:23. doi: 10.1186/1475-2840-10-23

Table 1.

Demography and Biochemical parameters among normal, non-diabetic metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes with and without metabolic syndrome groups

Parameters Normal (n = 131) Non-diabetic MetS (n = 101) Type 2 diabetes

without MetS (n = 76) with MetS (n = 227)
Gender% Male/Female 18.5/29.2 23.9/14.8 17.7/11.3 39.9/44.7
Malay 25.9 17.5 13.7 43.0
Races % Chinese 36.1 22.1 14.8 27.0
Indian 12.1 18.8 14.8 54.4
Age (yrs) 47.2(44.9-49.7) 52.1(50.0-54.3) 49.8(47.6-52.1) 51.4(50.5-52.4)
p-value a0.003 a0.349 a0.002
Body Mass Index (kg/m2) 22.7(22.1-23.3) 27.2(26.4-28.0) 23.34(22.5-24.3) 29.8(29.2-30.3)
p-value a3.8 × 10-13 a0.515, b6.2 × 10-10 a3.8 × 10-13, b3.2 × 10-6, c3.8 × 10-13
Waist circumference (cm) 79.2(77.4-81.1) 94.5(92.8-96.3) 82.9(80.7-85.2) 98.6(97.4-99.7)
p-value a3.8 × 10-13 a0.02, b4.2 × 10-13 a3.8 × 10-13, b0.006, c3.8 × 10-13
Diastolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) 80.0(78.4-81.5) 85.6(83.6-87.6) 79.3(77.1-81.5) 83.1(81.7-84.5)
p-value a1.7 × 10-4 a0.966, b2.3 × 10-4 a0.02, b0.004, c0.02
Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) 130(127-134) 139(136-143) 129(125-134) 136(134-139)
p-value a0.002 a0.965, b0.002 a0.02, c0.02
Triglyceride (mmol/l) 1.08(1.00-1.17) 1.59(1.46-1.72) 1.38(1.19-1.57) 1.78(1.66-1.91)
p-value a1.6 × 10-6 a0.02 a3.6 × 10-13, c0.001
High Density Lipoprotein (mmol/l) 1.54(1.48-1.61) 1.26(1.20-1.31) 1.22(1.15-1.29) 1.15(1.11-1.18)
p-value a1.2 × 10-10 a2.6 × 10-12 a4.8 × 10-13, b0.008
Fasting Blood Glucose (mmol/l) 5.02(4.93-5.10) 5.36(5.23-5.49) 8.05(7.41-8.74) 7.74(7.39-8.11)
p-value 0.24a a3.8 × 10-13, b3.8 × 10-13 a3.8 × 10-13, b3.8 × 10-13
Insulin (pmol/l) 45.7(41.7-50.1) 77.3(69.6-85.8) 63.7(52.9-76.5) 120(110-131)
p-value a7.3 × 10-9 a0.002 a4.1 × 10-13, b5.0 × 10-8, c1.4 × 10-12
Insulin resistance (IR) 0.91(0.83-1.01) 1.53(1.37-1.69) 1.49(1.24-1.77) 2.59(2.38-2.81)
p-value a1.0 × 10-6 a3.2 × 10-5 a4.1 × 10-13, b2.5 × 10-12, c3.8 × 1011

The result presented as geometric mean and 95% confidence interval of mean, avs control group: bvs non-diabetic metabolic syndrome group: cvs type 2 diabetes without metabolic syndrome which evaluated by ANOVA. Bolt values are significant. MetS: metabolic syndrome.