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

Table 2. Comparison of fasting serum levels of sCD26/DPP-IV and active GLP-1 between normal, non-diabetic metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes mellitus subjects with and without metabolic syndrome and total type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Non-diabetes n = 235 Type 2 diabetes n = 314 Total type 2 diabetes
Parameters Normal Control n = 164 MetS n = 71 P-Value Without MetS n = 57 P-Value With MetS n = 257 P-Value Total type 2 diabetes n = 314 P-Value
sCD26/DPP-IV (ng/mL) 1089 (281) 1120 (275) a 0.427 1195 (204) a 0.015, b 0.139 1199 (245) a 1.2×10 −4, b 0.041, c 0.933 1198 (239) a 5.7×10 −5, b 0.038
Active GLP-1 (pmol/L) 4.26 (3.89) 3.94 (3.71) a 0.340 3.53 (2.24) a 0.028, b 0.270 3.74 (2.29) a 0.020, b 0.487, c 0.479 3.71 (2.28) a 0.010, b 0.397

The results presented represent geometric means (SD), adjusted for age, race and gender.

avs control group

bvs non-diabetic metabolic syndrome group

cvs type 2 diabetes mellitus without metabolic syndrome which evaluated using univariate (General Linear Model).

Bold values are significant. MetS: metabolic syndrome.