Table 4. Comparison of biochemical parameters between NFG and IFG group.

Parameters/Group	NFG (n = 76)	IFG (n = 47)	p value
FPG (mmol/L)	4.59±0.48	6.1±0.47	<0.001
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	4.55±0.66	4.89±0.71	0.009
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	1.28±0.46	1.64±0.56	<0.001
HDL-c (mmol/L)	1.01±0.13	0.99±0.08	0.552
LDL-c (mmol/L)	2.95±0.58	3.14±0.56	0.044
VLDL-c (mmol/L)	0.59±0.22	0.76±0.26	<0.001
Insulin (µU/L)	13.39±7.25	15.31±4.78	0.006
IR	2.74±1.53	4.16±1.37	<0.001
TBARS (µmol/L)	3.34±0.72	3.61±0.58	0.020
TAC (µmol/L)	1.88±0.69	1.36±0.45	<0.001
Hs-CRP (µg/mL)	4.18±2.58	5.86±2.67	0.001
TNF-α (pg/mL)	61.33±21.28	90.25±24.62	<0.001

Data are expressed as Mean ± standard deviation; HDL-c, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-c, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; VLDL-c, very low density lipoprotein cholesterol; IR, insulin resistance; TBARS, thiobarbituric acid reactive substance; TAC, total antioxidant capacity; hs-CRP, high sensitive C-reactive protein; TNF-α-tumor necrosis factor alpha; p-value <0.05 considered statistically significant.