Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients involved in this study.

Variables	Values in T2D (mean ± SD)
Blood pressure (mmHg)
Systolic	132 ± 21
Diastolic	77 ± 6
Plasma glucose (mmol/L)
Fasting	7.24 ± 2.34
0.5 h post meal	10.23 ± 1.90
2 h post meal	12.41 ± 4.22
Insulin (μU/ml)
Fasting	28.98 ± 45.03
0.5 h post meal	78.01 ± 80.18
2 h Post meal	98.02 ± 88.61
Hemoglobin A1c (%)	8 ± 2
Serum triglycerides (mmol/L)	1.45 ± 0.75
Serum cholesterol (mmol/L)
Total	4.32 ± 1.09
LDL-c	2.65 ± 0.97
HDL -c	1.07 ± 0.22
Free thyroxine (pmol/L)	16.87 ± 2.61
Hypersensitive C-reaction protein (mg/L)	0.90 ± 1.20