Table 1.
Baseline demographic and clinical data of the study population.
| Characteristic | Study 1 (volunteer patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: n=209) | Study 2 (healthy volunteers: n=50) | ||
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Males | Females | Males | Females |
| Subjects, n | 100 | 109 | 25 | 25 |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 50.3 (13.1) | 48.6 (14.0) | 41.6 (12.8) | 36.0 (5.4) |
| BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 25.4 (4.2) | 26.9 (5.4) | 23.8 (2.3) | 22.7 (1.9) |
| HbA1ca level (%), mean (SD) | 7.6 (1.7)b | 7.2 (1.7)b | 4.9 (0.4)b | 4.7 (0.4)b |
| Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg), mean (SD) | 128.6 (15.6) | 126.8 (16.7) | 114.6 (10.4) | 122.6 (12.9) |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg), mean (SD) | 89.8 (21.5) | 86.4 (22.9) | 80.0 (4.8) | 80.8 (6.8) |
| Fasting blood sugar level (mg/dL), mean (SD) | 123.2 (36.9)b | 117.2 (47.3)b | 82.1 (7.7)b | 82.5 (8.2)b |
| Postprandial blood sugar level (mg/dL), mean (SD) | 193.6 (66.0)b | 179.9 (83.1)b | 102.5 (7.1)b | 104.9 (7.0)b |
aHbA1c: glycosylated hemoglobin.
bValues are significant at the P<.05 level.