Table 1.

Clinical and biochemical characteristics of T2DM patients and healthy subjects.

	T2DM patients n = 272	Nondiabetic subjects n = 216	P value
Age (years)	58 ± 12	45 ± 16	<0.0001
Male : female ratio	110 : 162	69 : 147	0.05
BMI	31.99 ± 6.3	29.97 ± 6.14	0.0009
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)	8.99 ± 7.23	5.63 ± 7.23	<0.0001
Systolic blood pressure	129.97 ± 17.24	122.50 ± 15.65	<0.0001
Diastolic blood pressure	70.0 ± 11.0	71.35 ± 11.45	0.6197
HB1AC	7.6 ± 1.6	5.59 ± 0.56	<0.0001
Cholesterol (mmol/L)	4.14 ± 1.05	4.49 ± 0.96	0.0001
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	1.46 ± 0.83	1.18 ± 0.76	0.0041
HDL (mmol/L)	1.22 ± 0.49	1.31 ± 0.51	0.1316
LDL (mmol/L)	2.30 ± 0.91	2.66 ± 0.93	0.0008