Table 2.
Demographic and clinical variables in subgroups.
| HCs | T2D | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main grouping strategy | Subgroup 1 | |||
| n | 16 | 39 | - | |
| Age (years) | 50.44 ± 4.82 | 50.46 ± 7.47 | 0.99a | |
| Sex (male/female) | 8/8 | 23/16 | 0.54b | |
| Subgroup 2 | ||||
| n | 32 | 42 | - | |
| Age (years) | 55.97 ± 7.97 | 57.57 ± 9.52 | 0.44a | |
| Sex (male/female) | 14/18 | 28/14 | 0.05b | |
| Validation grouping strategy | Subgroup 1 | |||
| n | 10 | 28 | - | |
| Age (years) | 48.50 ± 4.81 | 48.39 ± 4.81 | 0.95a | |
| Sex (male/female) | 5/5 | 17/11 | 0.56b | |
| Subgroup 2 | ||||
| n | 21 | 27 | - | |
| Age (years) | 53.19 ± 5.91 | 53.63 ± 9.18 | 0.85a | |
| Sex (male/female) | 9/12 | 18/11 | 0.18b | |
| Subgroup 3 | ||||
| n | 17 | 26 | - | |
| Age (years) | 58.5 ± 8.14 | 60.88 ± 8.77 | 0.39a | |
| Sex (male/female) | 8/9 | 16/10 | 0.35b |
Age is represented as mean±standard deviation.
aIndicates P value for two-sample t-test.
bIndicates P value for X2 test.