Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of 59 diabetes patients and 18 healthy controls

Values are presented as the mean±standard deviation or number of patients (%).

^*DM patients are type 2 diabetes mellitus patients on continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion therapy;^†P values were determined using Mann-Whitney U or Student's t-test; ^‡Fasting insulin was directly measured using the E170 insulin assay without any pre-treatment.

Abbreviations: DM, diabetes mellitus; IA, anti-insulin antibody; CSII, continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion therapy.