Table 1.
Demographic, clinical and quantitative sensory testing features of diabetes mellitus (DM) patients with CT and TT variants of SOD2 (rs5746136)
| CT (n=14) | TT (n=6) | p value* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 56.7±9.5 | 59.3±15.3 | 0.355 |
| Gender | 11 men/ 3 women | 4 men/ 2 women | 0.287 |
| Disease duration (years) | 12.5±5.8 | 15.3±4.5 | 0.131 |
| Fasting blood glucose (mg/dl) | 142.4±46.1 | 202.0±73.5 | 0.057 |
| Hemoglobin A1 c (%) | 6.9±2.2 | 7.7±2.7 | 0.295 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dl) | 172.2±43.9 | 199.0±23.5 | 0.052 |
| Triglyceride (mg/dl) | 168.5±30.6 | 179.3±78.7 | 0.252 |
| Polyneuropathy (+/-) | 7/7 | 4/2 | 0.246 |
| Cold perception CT** (foot) | 12.3±6.0 | 13.7±4.5 | 0.315 |
| Vibration perception CT (foot) | 18.0±3.5 | 21.0±0.9 | 0.004 |
| Warm perception CT (foot) | 16.5±4.9 | 18.7±2.1 | 0.084 |
| Cold perception CT (hand) | 7.3±2.8 | 11.5±0.8 | <0.001 |
| Vibration perception CT (hand) | 12.9±3.5 | 15.4±2.9 | 0.061 |
| Warm perception CT (hand) | 10.1±4.4 | 17.4±1.2 | <0.001 |
Numeric values were denoted as mean ± standard deviation. Significant p values were denoted with bold characters.
*
p values were calculated with chi-square test (gender and polyneuropathy prevalence) or Student’s t-test.
**
CT, computed threshold values.