Table 1.

Baseline data on 21 subjects with Type 2 diabetes and 20 controls without diabetes.

	Type 2 diabetes	Controls	p
Number	21	20
Age [yrs]	57.1 [6.3]	59.0 [9.9]	ns
Known Diabetes duration [yrs]	5.7 [7.1]	-
M:F	10:11	11:9	ns
Body Mass Index [kg/m2]	30.1 [4.8]	26.7 [3.8]	ns
Waist – hip ratio	0.91 [0.09]	0.86 [0.08]	ns
Diabetes treatment		-
Diet	6
Sulphonylurea	6
Metformin	5
Combination	4
HbA1c [%]	7.3 [1.3]	5.1 [0.3]	0.0001
Total cholesterol [mmol/l]	5.8 [0.7]	5.8 [0.9]	ns
LDL cholesterol [mmol/l]	3.6 [0.5]	3.7 [0.9]	ns
Triglycerides [mmol/l]	2.5 [0.9]	1.6 [0.7]	0.03
HDL cholesterol [mmol/l]	1.04 [0.2]	1.36 [0.3]	0.03

Data are shown as a mean and one [standard deviation] NS = not significant; p > 0.05