Table 3.

Laboratory measurements

	DM		No DM (n = 73)	p-value
	Metformin (n = 34	No Metformin (n = 41)		Metformin vs. no metformin	Metformin vs. no DM	No metformin vs. No DM
Creatinine (mg/dL)	1.1 ± 0.8	1.9 ± 3.6	1.1 ± 1.8	0.21	1.00	0.12
Glucose (mg/dL)	198 ± 82	190 ± 85	121 ± 62	0.68	< 0.0001	< 0.0001
Aspartate transaminase (u/L)	49 ± 31	64 ± 62	64 ± 88	0.20	0.34	1.00
Alanine transaminase (u/L)	49 ± 61	61 ± 68	55 ± 63	0.43	0.64	0.64
Alkaline phosphatase (u/L)	98 ± 88	93 ± 49	71 ± 26	0.76	0.02	0.002
Lactate dehydrogenase (U/L)	382 ± 108	439 ± 229	445 ± 357	0.19	0.32	0.92
Prothrombin time (secs)	14.6 ± 3.3	14.0 ± 3.1	14.9 ± 2.8	0.42	0.63	0.12
Total bilirubin (mg/dL)	0.56 ± 0.21	0.65 ± 0.64	0.61 ± 0.38	0.44	0.48	0.68
Albumin (g/dL)	3.7 ± 0.7	3.6 ± 0.7	3.9 ± 0.5	0.54	0.09	0.009
Platelet (× 1000/mm3)	262 ± 85	287 ± 154	257 ± 128	0.40	0.84	0.27
White blood cells (K/mm3)	8.6 ± 3.8	10.7 ± 3.8	8.4 ± 5.0	0.02	0.84	0.012
Haematocrit (%)	37 ± 6	37 ± 7	38 ± 6	1.00	0.42	0.42
Neutrophil/leukocyte ratio	9.3 ± 10.7	10.7 ± 9.2	8.3 ± 7.4	0.54	0.58	0.13
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	11.9 ± 2.1	11.7 ± 2.3	12.1 ± 2.3	0.70	0.67	0.37
HaemoglobinA1c	8.7 ± 2.3	8.5 ± 1.9	5.8 ± 0.8	0.68	< 0.001	< 0.001