Table 6.
General and metabolic characteristics in diabetic and non-diabetic subjects
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| Diabetic | Non diabetic | p | Diabetic | Non diabetic | p | |
| n | 10 | 154 | 20 | 268 | ||
| Age (years) | 57.6 ± 11.0 | 51.3 ± 15.8 | 0.222 | 57.8 ± 14.7 | 48.2 ± 14.1 | 0.007 |
| BMI (kg/cm2) | 25.9 ± 4.4 | 25.4 ± 4.8 | 0.744 | 28.9 ± 7.1 | 28.5 ± 6.2 | 0.610 |
| WC (cm) | 94.8 ± 10.6 | 89.4 ± 12.3 | 0.156 | 97.0 ± 14.4 | 93.7 ± 13.7 | 0.302 |
| WHR (cm) | 0.9 ± 0.1 | 0.9 ± 0.1 | 0.534 | 0.9 ± 0.08 | 0.9 ± 0.1 | <0.001 |
| BF (%) | 21.4 ± 6.5 | 20.5 ± 7.9 | 0.587 | 35.8 ± 7.7 | 33 ± 9 | 0.129 |
| SBP (mm Hg) | 148 ± 37 | 139.6 ± 27.4 | 0.578 | 134.9 ± 22.9 | 133 ± 28 | 0.361 |
| DBP (mm Hg) | 93 ± 15 | 85.9 ± 18.6 | 0.137 | 89.4 ± 16.1 | 83 ± 16 | 0.069 |
| RHR (bpm) | 80 ± 10 | 74.8 ± 12.9 | 0.181 | 84.0 ± 7.2 | 79 ± 13 | 0.026 |
| Blood glucose (mmol/l) | 10.8 ± 4.8 | 4.9 ± 1.0 | <0.001 | 10.7 ± 3.5 | 4.8 ± 1.0 | <0.001 |
| n | 9 | 129 | 17 | 231 | ||
| TC (mmol/l) | 3.7 ± 1.0 | 4.2 ± 1.1 | 0.206 | 4.4 ± 1.7 | 4.4 ± 1.2 | 0.774 |
| TG (mmol/l) | 2.5 ± 0.9 | 2.1 ± 1.0 | 0.226 | 2.2 ± 1.0 | 2.1 ± 0.9 | 0.717 |
| LDL-c (mmol/l) | 1.4 ± 0.3 | 1.8 ± 1.0 | 0.482 | 1.9 ± 1.4 | 1.9 ± 1.1 | 0.771 |
| HDL-c (mmol/l) | 1.2 ± 0.4 | 1.2 ± 0.5 | 0.817 | 1.4 ± 0.4 | 1.2 ± 0.4 | 0.131 |
| LDL/HDL c Ratio | 0.6 ± 0.2 | 1.4 ± 1.9 | 0.303 | 1.5 ± 2.1 | 1.4 ± 2.2 | 0.722 |
Values are means ± SD; n, number of subjects