Table 2.

Serum biochemistry data of T2DM patients with or without CAD

Parameters	T2DM	T2DM + CAD	P value
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	1.72 ± 0.78	1.91 ± 0.81	NS
Cholesterol (mmol/L)
Total	4.99 ± 0.93	5.63 ± 1.24	<0.001
LDL	3.20 ± 0.85	3.80 ± 1.13	<0.001
HDL	1.06 ± 0.23	0.98 ± 0.20	NS
Non-HDL	3.90 ± 0.95	4.65 ± 1.18	0.01
Unesterified cholesterol	0.85 ± 0.15	0.93 ± 0.20	0.02
Triglycerides/HDL-cholesterol	8.5 ± 5.1	10.4 ± 7.3	NS
Apolipoproteins (mg/dL)
A-I	139.3 ± 28.1	132.5 ± 24.3	NS
B	96.0 ± 19.5	103.1 ± 20.4	0.03
LDL cholesterol/apo B	1.34 ± 0.29	1.23 ± 0.57	NS
NEFA (g/L)	0.13 ± 0.06	0.11 ± 0.05	NS
Total/unesterified cholesterol	5.8 ± 1.0	6.2 ± 1.2	0.05
CETP (µg/mL)	2.5 ± 1.1	2.1 ± 1.0	0.02
CETP activity (pmol/µL/h)	68.4 ± 15.6	70.4 ± 12.5	NS
LCAT activity	1.33 ± 0.10	1.34 ± 0.12	NS

Data are expressed as mean ± SD.

NS nonstatistically significant, HDL high density lipoprotein, LDL low density lipoprotein, NEFA non-esterified fatty acids, CETP cholesteryl ester transfer protein, LCAT lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase, LCAT activity is expressed by the hydrolyzed monomer ratio 390/470 nm.