Table 2.

Biochemical characteristics of study population.

	Nondiabetes (Group 1) N = 53	Diabetes with <5 years (Group 2) N = 54	5–10 years of diabetes (Group 3) N = 41	Diabetes with >10 years (Group 4) N = 27
Fasting blood sugar	98.71 ± 7.85	168.77 ± 52.73	194.80 ± 60.51	203.07 ± 64.96
TC-HDL ratio	4.39 ± 1.24	4.48 ± 1.67	4.25 ± 1.57	4.05 ± 1.43
LDL	119.82 ± 44.87	103.24 ± 49.82	89.43 ± 36.59	94.87 ± 42.28
Triglycerides	111.52 ± 52.65	148.47 ± 77.16	151.21 ± 91.44	137.07 ± 55.91
HbA1C	5.67 ± 0.37	8.29 ± 1.95	9.47 ± 1.83	9.39 ± 1.36

TC-HDL ratio, total cholesterol-high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HbA_1c, glycated hemoglobin.