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. 2014 Jun 25;9(6):e100988. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100988

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)
a

Data for individual patients are presented in Table S1.

b

Data are expressed as the mean ± SE.

c

Control, n = 3; T2DM, n = 10.