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. 2009 Dec;7(6):595–599. doi: 10.1089/met.2009.0002

Table 1.

Characteristics of the T2DM Subjects and Controls

	Number (%)
	T2DM subjects n = 146	Controls n = 33	P value
Gender (number [%] male)	73 (50%)	7 (21%)	0.003^a
Age (mean ± SD) years	53.6 (10.0)	45.7 (8.7)	<0.0001^a
Prevalence of IR	139 (95.2%)	25 (75.8%)	<0.0001^a
Prevalence of reduced IS	109 (74.7%)	2 (12.1%)	<0.0001^a
IR (mean ± SD)	9.4 (±12.9)	3.4 (±2.8)	<0.001^a
IS (mean ± SD)	112.6 (±79.6)	173 (±113.7)	<0.001^a
Obesity	124 (84.9%)	21 (53.6%)	0.005^a
Mean BMI (± SD)	25.6 (4.4)	26.9 (4.77)	0.11

^a P < 0.05.

Abbreviations: T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; SD, standard deviation; IR, insulin resistance; IS, insulin sensitivity; BMI, body mass index.