Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients with T2DM and healthy controls.

From: A variation in KCNQ1 gene is associated with repaglinide efficacy on insulin resistance in Chinese Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients

Parameter

Healthy controls (n = 200)

Patients with T2DM (n = 305)

P value

Sex

 Male

99

165

 

 Female

101

140

0.179b

Age (years)

50.07 ± 6.42

48.93 ± 11.89

0.250a

BMI (kg/m2)

23.97 ± 3.31

26.10 ± 3.54

0.000***a

WHR

0.81 ± 0.06

0.91 ± 0.06

0.000***a

FPG (mmol/l)

5.10 ± 0.43

9.91 ± 2.70

0.000***a

TG (mmol/l)

1.25 ± 0.42

2.57 ± 2.92

0.000***a

TC (mmol/l)

4.61 ± 0.74

5.27 ± 1.30

0.000***a

HDL-c (mmol/l)

1.41 ± 0.16

1.43 ± 0.66

0.183a

LDL-c (mmol/l)

2.87 ± 0.49

3.20 ± 1.07

0.000***a

  1. Data are given as the mean ± SD.
  2. aP values were determined using the Mann-Whitney test.
  3. bP values were determined using Pearson’s χ2 test; all other P values were assessed using independent-samples t-tests. ***P < 0.001.
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