Parameters

Type 2 diabetic patients

n = 85

Healthy controls

n = 95

P value

Demographic

Male/female (ratio)

40/45 (0.89)

40/55 (0.73)

0.5494

Age (years)

50.00 (44.00 - 56.00)

49.00 (42.00 - 53.00)

0.1599

Clinical

BMI (Kg/m2)

27.56 (24.03 - 30.68)

27.51 (23.03 - 31.57)

0.8042

WHR

0.90 (0.85 - 1.00)

0.85 (0.08 - 0.90)

<0.0001

Fat Mass %

26.90 (19.40 - 33.60)

31.93 (23.18 - 40.93)

0.0336

SBP (mmHg)

126.0 (113.0 - 142.0)

127.0 (118.0 - 150.0)

0.1762

DBP (mmHg)

80.00 (73.00 - 88.50)

79.00 (71.00 - 90.00)

0.9657

Biochemical

FPG (g/L)

3.44 (2.59 - 4.38)

0.92 (0.85 - 1.01)

<0.0001

TC (g/L)

4.13 (2.93 - 5.30)

1.83 (1.67 - 2.06)

<0.0001

TG (g/L)

1.25 (1.08 - 1.85)

1.39 (1.26 - 1.60)

0.1373

HDL-C (g/L)

0.83 (0.54 - 1.17)

0.49 (0.45 - 0.54)

<0.0001

LDL-C (g/L)

2.42 (1.29 - 3.45)

1.05 (0.89 - 1.26)

<0.0001

AI(LDL-C/HDL-C)

2.58 (1.85 - 3.93)

2.13 (1.84 - 2.82)

0.0166