Table 4.

The basic information of blood biochemistry.

Items	The control group	Preliminary diabetes mellitus group	Pure diabetes mellitus group	DKD group
FPG (mmol/L)	4.56 ± 0.52	6.19 ± 1.37 a	10.32 ± 5.54 ab	8.46 ± 3.11 a
HbA1c (%)	5.55 ± 0.35	6.64 ± 1.21	9.70 ± 2.76 ab	9.34 ± 2.80 ab
Triglyceride(mmol/L)	1.36 ± 0.56	1.86 ± 1.00	2.29 ± 2.06	2.06 ± 1.02
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	5.44 ± 1.16	4.22 ± 0.62	6.14 ± 7.31	4.31 ± 0.96
High density lipoprotein (mmol/L)	1.49 ± 0.30	1.48 ± 0.43	1.45 ± 0.73	1.11 ± 0.30 ac
Low density lipoprotein (mmol/L)	3.27 ± 0.97	2.44 ± 0.60 a	2.78 ± 1.06	2.38 ± 0.76 a

DKD = diabetic kidney disease, FPG = fasting plasma glucose, HbAlc = glycosylated hemoglobin.

Compared with the control group, ^aP < .05. Compared with the preliminary diabetes mellitus group, ^bP < .05. Compared with the pure diabetes mellitus group, ^cP < .05.