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. 2015 Oct 16;10(10):e0140618. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140618

Table 1. Demographic and standard biochemical parameters among normal control, non-diabetes metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes mellitus subjects with and without metabolic syndrome.

Non-diabetes n = 235 Type 2 diabetes n = 314
Parameters Normal Control n = 164(29.9%) MetS n = 71(12.9%) P-Value Without MetS n = 57(10.4%) P-Value With MetS n = 257(46.8%) P-Value
Gender % (Male/Female) 39.0/61.0 59.2/40.8 56.1/43.9 44.4/55.6
Race (Malay %) 52.4 43.6 36.8 51.4
Race (Chinese %) 31.7 28.2 26.3 14.8
Race (Indian %) 15.9 28.2 36.9 33.8
Age (years) 48.3(12.30) 50.9(9.12) a 0.443 50.0(8.91) a , b 0.999 50.7(7.59) a 0.123, b , c 0.999
Weight (kg) 60.5(13.80) 74.0(13.80) a 1.3×10 −10 62.6(13.49) a 0.999, b 4.3×10 −5 72.1(15.14) a 1.3×10 −15, b 0.999, c 2.5×10 −5
Height (m) 1.61(0.09) 1.64(0.09) a 0.426 1.60(0.10) a 0.999, b 0.273 1.58(0.10) a 0.005, b 7.6×10 −5, c 0.660
Body Mass Index (kg/m 2 ) 23.3(4.27) 27.6(4.68) a 3.2×10 −10 24.3(4.68) a 0.765, b 3.8×10 −4 28.9(5.25) a 3.8×10 −29, b 0.344, c 4.5×10 −10
Waist Circumference (cm) 81.5(12.3) 94.9(10.72) a 1.01×10 −14 86.0(12.30) a 0.047, b 1.5x10 -4 96.6(11.48) a 2.3×10 −33, b 0.999, c 1.1×10 −8
Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) 130(19.50) 143(15.14) a 1.3×10 −5 120(16.60) a 0.001, b 4.02×10 −11 138(18.62) a 1.7×10 −4, b 0.315, c 2.1×10 −10
Diastolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) 81(9.77) 86(8.91) a 3.5×10 −4 76(8.71) a 0.012, b 3.4×10 −8 83(10.23) a 0.052, b 0.118, c 3.4×10 −6
Fasting Plasma Glucose (mmol/L) 5.01(0.45) 5.55(0.68) a 0.083 8.09(4.27) a 1.8×10 −23, b 8.8×10 −12 7.79(3.55) a 1.4×10 −42, b 3.5×10 −16, c 0.999
Glycosylated A1c (%) 5.58(0.44) 6.00(0.50) a 0.171 7.91(2.75) a 2.7×10 −23, b 4.2×10 −12 8.18(2.04) a 1.9×10 −48, b 1.2×10 −22, c 0.999
Insulin (pmol/L) 48.8 (38.0) 83.1(51.29) a 1.8×10 −8 60.8(57.86) a 0.133 , b 0.029 114(85.11) a 5.4×10 −36, b 0.001, c 7.7×10 −11
HOMA-β (%) 98(40.74) 116(47.86) a 0.518 48(47.54) a 1.99×10 −10, b 1.01×10 −11 81(78.72) a 0.023, b 4.7×10 −4, c 2.4×10 −6
HOMA-IR 1.04(0.79) 1.81(1.10) a 1.09×10 −8 1.60(1.58) a 9.4×10 −5, b 0.999 2.88(2.57) a 1.5×10 −46, b 5.6×10 −7, c 3.3×10 −9
Total-Cholesterol (mmol/L) 5.16(1.05) 5.04(1.00) a 0.999 4.61(1.15) a 0.004, b 0.111 4.75(1.15) a , 0.001, b 0.250, c 0.999
High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (mmol/L) 1.50(0.36) 1.18(0.26) a 1.2×10 −12 1.36(0.26) a 0.025, b 0.003 1.11(0.27) a 3.4×10 −34, b 0.335, c 1.5×10 −8
Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (mmol/L) 4.19(1.00) 3.37(0.89) a 0.300 2.73(1.12) a 0.002, b 0.777 2.75(0.98) a 3.4×10 −07, b 0.324, c 0.999
Triglycerides (mmol/L) 1.04(0.58) 1.72(0.71) a 7.8×10 −12 0.96(0.34) a 0.999, b 2.5×10 −10 1.75(1.45) a 2.1×10 −23, b 0.999, c 1.9×10 −15

The results presented represent geometric means (SD)

a vs normal control group

b vs non-diabetes MetS group

c vs type 2 diabetes mellitus without metabolic syndrome evaluated using ANOVA.