Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for continuous Metabolic Syndrome traits grouped by gender (pooled data). Traits were compared between Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) patients and control individuals by using the Student’s t-test, assuming unequal variances, α = 0.05.

Gender	Trait	Controls			T2DM			t-Score	p-Value
		n	Mean	Std Dev	n	Mean	Std Dev
F	Age	914	48.86	13.53	218	53.85	15.34	4.40	<0.0001
	BMI	905	28.17	7.26	216	29.03	7.36	1.55	0.1200
	SBP	841	127.15	18.32	182	135.75	20.10	5.31	<0.0001
	DBP	841	80.37	10.79	182	80.22	10.36	−0.17	0.8647
	HDL	750	53.64	12.08	162	47.93	12.12	−5.43	<0.0001
	LDL	622	125.93	35.47	151	117.58	36.29	−2.54	0.0115
	AC	916	93.22	10.27	217	167.67	56.07	19.48	<0.0001
	PC	81	125.12	29.21	53	235.35	75.32	10.16	<0.0001
	TCHO	912	201.29	37.89	210	203.66	43.48	0.72	0.4680
	TG	914	119.33	73.68	216	180.05	125.83	6.82	<0.0001
M	Age	669	47.20	15.38	178	54.35	13.89	5.95	<0.0001
	BMI	666	28.20	7.45	177	27.51	7.88	−1.05	0.2938
	SBP	632	130.99	17.67	161	138.06	19.96	4.12	<0.0001
	DBP	632	84.62	11.77	161	82.59	11.36	−2.00	0.0456
	HDL	578	44.71	10.43	131	41.77	22.49	−1.45	0.1468
	LDL	501	125.69	33.85	126	112.16	35.99	−3.81	0.0002
	AC	671	92.50	11.06	178	166.89	57.64	17.13	<0.0001
	PC	77	118.71	28.77	42	228.50	77.65	8.83	<0.0001
	TCHO	670	194.78	35.14	169	187.68	44.47	−1.92	0.0550
	TG	669	148.92	109.84	177	211.52	297.35	2.75	0.0065

Summary of statistically significant mean differences between T2DM patients and controls for continuous traits (blue or orange cells).

+ sign: mean higher in patients;

– sign: mean lower in patients.