Table 1.

Demographic characteristic of the two groups

Characteristics	Acarbose group	Control group	P
Sex
Female	25 (78.1%)	29 (69%)	0.384†
Male	7 (21.9%)	13 (31.0%)
Age; year	41.25±7.71	38.92±9.05	0.248††
BMI; kg/m2	38.11±5.02	36.12±4.66	0.082††

Data shown n (%) or mean±SD. BMI=Body mass index. ^†Use of Chi-square test for comparison of sex frequency distribution between two groups. ^††Use of independent sample t-test for comparison of mean variables between two groups