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. 2018 Dec 21;38(6):BSR20181304. doi: 10.1042/BSR20181304

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of patients in the Lira and Met groups.

Term Lira group (n=52) Met group (n=75) t P
Age (year) 58.5 ± 7.6 56.4 ± 8.4 −1.68 0.10
Gender ratio (male/female) 31/21 43/32 0.018 0.89
SBP (mmHg) 140 ± 20 138 ± 16 −0.072 0.943
DBP (mmHg) 91 ± 13.6 84 ± 12.6 −0.712 0.481
Weight (kg) 66.91 ± 10.03 66.27 ± 10.00 0.062 0.951
BMI (kg/m2) 28.18 ± 1.86 27.61 ± 1.77 1.58 0.12
TC (mmol/l) 5.03 ± 0.97 5.15 ± 0.92 −0.62 0.54
TG (mmol/l) 2.47 ± 1.49 2.51 ± 1.73 −1.01 0.32
LDL (mmol/l) 2.56 ± 0.83 2.62 ± 0.82 −1.57 0.12
HDL (mmol/l) 1.05 ± 0.24 0.99 ± 0.20 1.34 0.18
ALT (U/l) 65.74 ± 18.13 65.81 ± 17.58 −0.02 0.99
AST (U/l) 35.96 ± 12.27 34.28 ± 13.69 0.62 0.54
AST/ALT 0.60 ± 0.06 0.60 ± 0.05 0.05 0.96
FPG (mmol/l) 8.45 ± 0.64 8.41 ± 0.69 0.34 0.73
2hPG (mmol/l) 15.09 ± 5.42 14.64 ± 5.12 0.81 0.42
HbA1C (%) 8.14 ± 0.51 8.09 ± 0.59 −0.86 0.59
HOMA-IR 3.05 ± 0.55 2.94 ± 0.59 0.95 0.34
APN (mg/l) 8.43 ± 1.01 8.13 ± 1.23 1.27 0.21
CRP 3.14 ± 0.58 3.16 ± 0.68 −0.18 0.86
CK18 (IU/l) 284.03 ± 45.67 293.15 ± 38.55 1.26 0.23

Abbreviation: CK18, cytokeratin 18.