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. 2012 Oct 8;11:18. doi: 10.1186/2251-6581-11-18

Table 2.

Distribution of apo E genotype frequencies in type 2 diabetic patients and non diabetic subjects

Variable
T2DM (n=156)
P Value
Non diabetic subjects (n=155)
P Value
  WC normal (n=51) WC abnormal (n=105)   WC normal (n=81) WC abnormal (n=73)  
Sex (M/F) (n/%)
29(18.6)/ 22(14.1)
17(10.9)/ 88(56.4)
<0.001*
40(26)/ 41(26.6)
14(9.1)/ 59(38.3)
<0.001*
Apo (E3/E3)/(E2/E3)/(E4/E3) (n/%)
29(20.1)/5(3.5)/10(6.9)
84(58.3)/11(7.6)/5(3.5)
0.005*
62(41.1)/11(7.3)/6(4)
56(37.1)/11(7.3)/5(3.3)
0.965
Age (yr)
52 ± 12
51 ± 10
0.866
34 ± 10
46 ± 12
<0.001*
BMI (kg/m2)
25.4 ± 3
32 ± 5
<0.001*
26 ± 4
33 ± 4
<0.001*
SBP (mmHg)
131 ± 20
143 ± 25
0.003*
119 ± 22
135 ± 21
<0.001*
DBP (mmHg)
84 ± 13
90 ± 14
0.007*
78 ± 13
88 ± 13
<0.001*
FBS (mg/dl)
125 ± 68
140 ± 67
0.175
75 ± 8
80 ± 10
0.002*
TChol (mg/dl)
199 ± 46
215 ± 48
0.042*
188 ± 38
219 ± 42
<0.001*
£TG (mg/dl) 241 ± 211 269 ± 197 0.029* 135 ± 72 199 ± 133 <0.001*

Legend: T2DM: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, WC: Waist Circumference, waist circumference is >88 cm in women and >102 cm in men is defined as abnormal, M/F: Male/Female, BMI: Body Mass Index, SBP: Systolic Blood Pressure, DBP: Diastolic Blood Pressure, FBS: Fasting Blood Sugar, TChol: Total Cholesterol, TG: Triglyceride.

* P≤0.05 was considered as significant in statistical analysis, T- test.

£££Ê£ Analytic test was Mann–Whitney Test.