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. 2019 Mar 11;104(8):3068–3076. doi: 10.1210/jc.2018-02787

Table 2.

Baseline Characteristics in Female Patients With FPLD Caused by LMNA vs PPARG Pathogenic Variants

Clinical Parameters PPARG Variant Group (n = 7) LMNA Variant Group (n = 22) P Value
Demographic and Anthropometric Parameters
Age, y 30.8 ± 12.1 37.3 ± 15.2 0.3
Height, cm 161 ± 9 164 ± 8 0.4
Weight, kg 64 ± 13 70 ± 13 0.3
BMI, kg/m2 24.4 ± 2.2 25.7 ± 3.4 0.3
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg 124 ± 14 124 ± 16 0.9
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg 74 ± 9 73 ± 11 0.9
Left arm fat, % 24.5 ± 8.3 21.3 ± 5.4 0.3
Right arm fat, % 24.9 ± 7.1 21.8 ± 5.5 0.3
Trunk fat, % 27.2 ± 7.0 27.8 ± 6.4 0.9
Left leg fat, % 20.0 ± 5.5 17.7 ± 3.7 0.2
Right leg fat, % 19.2 ± 4.9 18.2 ± 4.1 0.6
Subtotal fat, %a 22.0 [19.5, 26.5] 26.8 [22.6, 28.2] 0.1
Head fat, % 24.4 ± 0.6 24.1 ± 1.9 0.8
Total fat, % 24.6 ± 5.6 23.8 ± 5.0 0.7
Serum leptin, ng/mL 6.3 ± 3.8 5.5 ± 2.5 0.5
Glycemic Parameters
Fasting glucose, mg/dL 177 ± 97 180 ± 89 0.9
Fasting insulin, µU/mLa 70 [27, 144] 15 [11, 42] 0.06
C-peptide, ng/mLa 3.7 [0.9, 5.2] 4.1 [3.2, 4.9] 0.5
Hemoglobin A1c, % 9.2 ± 2.3 7.8 ± 2.1 0.1
AUC glucose, mg/dL/190 min 62,883 ± 21,340 47,423 ± 15,610 0.05
AUC insulin, µU/mL/190 mina 9542 [4675, 23,805] 14,505 [5429, 30,745] 0.5
AUC C-peptide, ng/mL/190 mina 1436 [572, 1491] 1525 [1122, 2823] 0.045
Metformin dose, mg/d 2558 ± 685 1705 ± 467 0.008
Insulin dose, U/kg/da 3.8 [2.7, 4.3] 1.7 [1.3, 4.4] 0.3
Number of diabetic medications 2.6 ± 0.8 1.6 ± 0.9 0.02
Lipid Parameters
Total cholesterol, mg/dLa 321 [155, 415] 205 [153, 243] 0.4
Triglycerides, mg/dLa 1377 [278, 5577] 332 [198, 562] 0.06
HDL-C, mg/dL 27 ± 5 34 ± 10 0.3
LDL-C, mg/dL 60 ± 14 98 ± 31 0.06
Number of lipid-lowering medications 1.9 ± 0.7 1.1 ± 0.8 0.037
Hepatic Parameters
Alanine aminotransferase, U/La 36 [20, 46] 29 [23, 47] 0.8
Aspartate aminotransferase, U/La 25 [18, 37] 25 [19, 30] 0.8

Data are presented as mean ± SD. P < 0.05 is considered statistically significant.

Abbreviations: AUC, area under the curve; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.

a

Represents data as median [25th percentile, 75th percentile].