Table 1.

Comparison among the three studied groups with regard to clinical and anthropometric parameters and laboratory investigations

Parameters	Group	Mean	SD	Min	Max	F	Significance
Systolic blood pressure	Group 1a	128.39	12.476	115	150	1.700	0.190
	Group 1b	124.47	10.124	112	145
	Control group	121.75	13.886	89	137
Diastolic blood pressure	Group 1a	80.16	5.843	75	100	3.347	0.041*
	Group 1b	75.26	6.118	78	95
	Control group	77.75	7.860	60	85
Waist circumference (cm)	Group 1a	78.52	11.243	42	101	1.548	0.220
	Group 1b	113.44	142.915	61	702
	Control group	77.08	18.151	8	98
Height (cm)	Group 1a	164.26	7.598	149	183	0.859	0.428
	Group 1b	167.37	11.329	148	188
	Control group	166.45	7.141	155	180
BMI	Group 1a	29.69	1.616	26	32	1.498	0.231
	Group 1b	28.87	2.180	25	32
	Control group	28.98	1.868	26	32
DM (year)	Group 1a	5.47	1.807	3	9	91.045	0.021*
	Group 1b	3.63	1.419	2	7
Age (year)	Group 1a	47.71	3.752	40	57	1.656	0.199
	Group 1b	44.89	3.365	39	52
	Control group	45.05	10.242	37	55
FBS (mg/dL)	Group 1a	141.23	28.888	95	210	31.589	0.006*
	Group 1b	122.42	22.636	86	162
	Control group	84.35	20.035	80	110
2hrs PPG (mg/dL)	Group 1a	196.03	35.489	148	300	65.316	0.001*
	Group 1b	184.89	40.812	120	270
	Control group	89.80	22.021	90	112
PT (s)	Group 1a	11.61	0.803	11.5	13.5	1.961	0.149
	Group 1b	11.11	1.049	11	13.7
	Control group	11.40	0.821	10.5	13
APTT (s)	Group 1a	38.06	0.509	38	42	6.254	0.06
	Group 1b	39.68	0.478	37	4.3
	Control group	39.30	0.470	36	37
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	Group 1a	191.10	54.111	113	306	2.925	0.061
	Group 1b	167.53	33.414	110	226
	Control group	163.50	35.447	85	178
HDL-c (mg/dL)	Group 1a	49.03	9.635	43	60	14.689	0.001*
	Group 1b	57.79	4.479	45	65
	Control group	58.60	3.102	55	65
LDL-c (mg/dL)	Group 1a	162.35	12.826	152	183	9.539	0.001*
	Group 1b	152.21	10.438	140	170
	Control group	69.85	7.659	55	106
Triglyceride (mg/dL)	Group 1a	163.03	45.691	114	300	0.416	0.661
	Group 1b	152.74	25.707	110	210
	Control group	159.90	37.453	112	270

*Significant p value (p<0.05).

APTT, Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time; BMI, body mass index; DM, diabetes mellitus; FBS, fasting blood sugar; HDL-c, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; 2hrs PPG, 2-hour post prandial blood sugar; LDL-c, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; PT, Prothrombin Time.