Table 2.

Serum heart-type fatty acid binding protein (H-FABP) levels in patients with impaired fasting glucose (IFG), patients with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), and control subjects

Study Groups	H-FABP
	Mean ± SD	p
IFG	32.5 ± 34.2	0.011
IGT	45.4 ± 45.8
Control	16.8 ± 14.9
	Difference of Means ± SEM	p
IFG-IGT	-12.9 ± 10.7	0.732
IFG-control	15.8 ± 6.9	0.009
IGT-control	28.7 ± 9.0	0.010