Table 1. Characteristics of the patient groupsa.
Variables | Control (n = 8) | T2DM (n = 12) | P-value |
Age (range, median) | 48–86, 69.9 | 52–82, 69.4 | 0.729 |
Sex (M/F) | 6/2 | 8/4 | 1 |
Islet cell count (/cm2)b | |||
alpha | 3576±681.5 | 1800±389.9 | 0.017 |
beta | 5401±965.5 | 2246±398.1 | 0.014 |
total | 15069±2983.0 | 7571±1126.1 | 0.043 |
% Islet cells with CADM1 cell-membranous stainingb | |||
alpha | 49.5±2.19 | 13.6±3.53 | <0.001 |
beta | 81.3±1.24 | 22.3±6.16 | <0.001 |
HbA1c (%)b , c | 5.8±0.23 | 7.3±0.25 | 0.007 |
(mmol/mol) | (39.7±2.33) | (56.4±2.75) |
Data for individual patients are presented in Table S1.
Data are expressed as the mean ± SE.
Control, n = 3; T2DM, n = 10.