Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristic of 350 Jordanian subjects participated in the study.

Sample characteristics	Controls (n = 173) (Avg. ± STD)	T2DM Patients (n = 177) (Avg. ± STD)	p-value
Age (years)	50.81 ± 13.94	57.33 ± 11.56	> 0.05*
Gender	F (81), M (92)	F (94), M (71)	> 0.05**
TC (mg/dl)	198.35 ± 37.72	178.71 ± 46.70	> 0.05*
TG (mg/dl)	142.59 ± 76.54	212.99 ± 103.20	> 0.05*
HDL (mg/dl)	53.29 ± 31.21	43.76 ± 22.98	> 0.05*
LDL (mg/dl)	120.13 ± 32.25	93.72 ± 48.22	> 0.05*
FBS (mg/dl)	99.29 ± 11.43	199.67 ± 88.38	> 0.05*

HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglycerides; FBS, fasting blood sugar; F, female; M, male.

* and ** refer to the p-value resulted from t-test and chi-square test, respectively (p-value is significant if < 0.05).

Some people have missing data as indicated in S1 Table.