Table 2.

Comparison of clinical and biochemical parameters between T2DM patients and nondiabetic controls, Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018

Parameters	Mean ± Standard deviation(SD)		P value	Units of measurement
	T2DM patients (n=159)	Controls group (n=159)
Fasting blood sugar	182.60±74.375	84.25±51.56	≤0.001	mg/dl
Triglyceride	188.45±103.62	86.58±58.84	≤0.001
Total cholesterol	191.05±77.07	139.18±35.44	≤0.001
High density lipoprotein cholesterol	44.18±11.940	52.28± 8.156	≤0.001
Low density lipoprotein cholesterol	105.33±56.0	55.55±8.53	≤0.001
Systolic blood pressure	135.52±16.52	118.72 ± 7.81	≤0.001	mmHg
Diastolic blood pressure	81.30±9.02	79.63 ± 5.2	0.04
Waist circumference	94.00±8.81	78.14±8.26	≤0.001	centimeter
Body mass index	26.74±18.79	23.30 ± 2.53	0.02	kg/m2
Alkaline phosphatase	165.55±81.610	118.38±23.628	≤0.001	U/L
Alanine aminotransferase	37.57±35.831	17.89±7.097	≤0.001
Aspartate aminotransferase	35.2±32.278	17.89±7.067	≤0.001
Total protein	7.469±.8461	8.005±.7583	0.003	g/dl
Albumin	4.602±.6736	4.930±.3262	0.004
Total bilirubin	.553±.3907	.418±.2449	0.006	mg/dl
Direct bilirubin	.169±.1680	.140±.0575	0.04

Note: g/dl=gram/deciliter; Kg/m2=kilogram/square meter; mg/dl=milligram/deciliter; mmHg=millimeter mercury; U/L=unit/liter.