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. 2021 Jun 2;10(7):667–675. doi: 10.1530/EC-21-0087

Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the participants according to serum AT3 activity quartiles.

Variables Total Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 P for trend
AT3 activity (%) (range) 92.07 ± 16.92 (38.60–143.90) 71.35 ± 6.41 (38.60–79.70) 85.55 ± 3.34 (79.71–91.15) 97.08 ± 3.60 (91.16–103.77) 114.36 ± 9.13 (103.78–143.90) <0.001
n 1612 405 401 403 403
Age (years) 58.67 ± 13.09 62.19 ± 13.28 58.08 ± 12.75 57.59 ± 13.26 56.81 ± 12.41 <0.001
Male, n (%) 898 (55.7) 226 (55.8) 225 (56.1) 217 (53.8) 230 (57.1) 0.826
BMI (kg/m2) 25.80 ± 3.52 25.75 ± 3.54 25.99 ± 3.42 26.02 ± 3.68 25.36 ± 3.39 0.076
SBP (mmHg) 136.8 ± 18.02 136.5 ± 17.9 136.4 ± 17.9 138.5 ± 18.28 135.7 ± 17.9 0.165
DBP (mmHg) 79.3 ± 10.9 78.2 ± 10.9 79.3 ± 11.6 80.64 ± 11.0 79.3 ± 9.9 0.016
Diabetes duration (years) 6 (1–10) 6 (1–10) 6 (2–10) 5 (2–10) 5 (1–10) 0.108
Glucose-lowering therapies
 Lifestyle alone, n (%) 132 (8.2) 8 (2.0) 16 (4.0) 37 (9.2) 71 (17.6) <0.001
 Insulin treatments, n (%) 869 (53.9) 226 (55.8) 227 (56.6) 206 (51.1) 210 (52.1) 0.314
 Insulin-secretagogues, n (%) 857 (53.2) 227 (56.0) 203 (50.6) 204 (50.6) 223 (55.3) 0.240
 Metformin, n (%) 933 (57.9) 227 (56.0) 209 (52.1) 264 (65.5) 233 (57.8) 0.001
 Pioglitazone, n (%) 594 (36.8) 166 (41.0) 156 (38.9) 132 (32.8) 140 (34.7) 0.061
 AGIs, n (%) 424 (26.3) 131 (32.3) 105 (26.2) 102 (25.3) 86 (21.3) 0.005
 GLP-1RAs, n (%) 54 (3.3) 12 (3.0) 17 (4.2) 15 (3.7) 10 (2.5) 0.517
 DPP-4Is, n (%) 456 (28.3) 102 (25.2) 101 (25.2) 128 (31.8) 125 (31.0) 0.053
Hypertension, n (%) 823 (51.1) 223 (55.1) 211 (52.6) 197 (48.9) 192 (47.6) 0.131
TG (mmol/L) 1.85 (1.20–2.96) 1.65 (1.07–2.75) 1.87 (1.27–2.84) 2.02 (1.24–3.03) 1.89 (1.22–3.18) 0.008
TC (mmol/L) 4.51 ± 1.17 4.31 ± 0.96 4.42 ± 1.03 4.65 ± 1.42 4.67 ± 1.20 <0.001
HDL-C (mmol/L) 1.03 ± 0.27 0.99 ± 0.25 0.99 ± 0.27 1.04 ± 0.27 1.09 ± 0.29 <0.001
LDL-C (mmol/L) 2.56 ± 0.80 2.40 ± 0.71 2.49 ± 0.70 2.65 ± 0.78 2.69 ± 0.95 <0.001
Scr (umol/L) 59.14 ± 22.14 61.48 ± 19.26 59.27 ± 25.43 56.21 ± 19.14 59.57 ± 23.80 0.010
HbA1c (%) 9.21 ± 2.08 9.09 ± 1.96 9.14 ± 2.14 9.25 ± 1.97 9.34 ± 2.25 0.330
PT (s) 11.83 ± 0.95 12.31 ± 1.06 11.87 ± 0.72 11.67 ± 0.84 11.46 ± 0.95 <0.001
APTT (s) 30.01 ± 5.82 31.88 ± 6.49 30.38 ± 5.20 29.76 ± 5.67 28.02 ± 5.15 <0.001
Fg (g/L) 2.62 ± 0.84 2.60 ± 0.94 2.59 ± 0.83 2.55 ± 0.78 2.74 ± 0.76 0.009
lnHOMA-IR 1.39 ± 0.88 1.60 ± 0.85 1.46 ± 0.88 1.36 ± 0.89 1.15 ± 0.84 <0.001
lnISIMatsuda 4.05 ± 0.70 3.86 ± 0.67 3.99 ± 0.71 4.08 ± 0.69 4.28 ± 0.67 <0.001