Table 2.

Participant characteristics for circRNA expression in peripheral blood

A.
	p-value	Control		IGT
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Age	0.016	52.45	17.08	59.26	14.31
BMI	< 0.001	26.51	4.13	28.93	3.68
HbA1c	–	5.61	0.34	–	–
Glucose	–	4.85	0.40	–	–
Sex	0.004	F (60%);	M (40%)	F (40%)	M (60%)
Ethnicity	0.611	white (99%)	other (1%)	white (100%)	other (0%)
B.
	p-value	Control		T2D
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Age	< 0.001	52.45	17.08	68.74	10.65
BMI	< 0.001	26.51	4.13	30.61	5.99
HbA1c	–	5.61	0.34	–	–
Glucose	–	4.85	0.40	–	–
Sex	0.001	F (60%);	M (40%)	F (57%)	M (43%)
Ethnicity	0.445	white (99%)	other (1%)	white (99%)	other (1%)

A. Anthropometric characteristics of peripheral blood donors with normal blood glucose (n = 133) and those with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT; n = 46) B. Anthropometric characteristics of peripheral blood donors with normal blood glucose (n = 133) and those with overt T2D (n = 106). Differences in parameters between islet groups was determined by t-test