Table 3.
Clinical characteristics expressed by media and standard deviation
| Sample A n = 93 | Sample B n = 106 | P value | |
| Age (yr) | 62.01 ± 11.65 | 66.02 ± 9.55 | 0.060 |
| Age onset (yr) | 47.18 ± 12.61 | 49.54 ± 10.13 | 0.131 |
| Years of evolution | 16.41 ± 9.72 | 15.45 ± 9.22 | 0.528 |
| BMI (kg/mts2) | 32.07 ± 5.26 | 31.45 ± 5.95 | 0.430 |
| HbA1c (%)1 | 8.31 ± 1.87 | 8.16 ± 1.65 | 0.545 |
| Total cholesterol (nmol/L) | 5.07 ± 1.1 | 5.56± 1.5 | 0.010a |
| HDL (nmol/L) | 1.23 ± 0.3 | 1.33 ± 0.3 | 0.010a |
| LDL (nmol/L) | 2.86 ± 0.9 | 3.38 ± 1.7 | 0.009b |
| Triglycerides (nmol/L) | 2.29 ± 1.4 | 2.81 ± 0.9 | 0.864 |
| TG/HDL | 2.10 ± 1.5 | 1.96 ± 2.0 | 0.572 |
1
At beginning of the study. Sample A vs Sample B:
a
P < 0.05,
b
P < 0.01 for all parameters. BMI: Body mass index; LDL: Low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; HDL: High-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; TG/HDL: Insulin resistance index; HbA1c (%): Glycated hemoglobin percentage.