Table 1 Baseline characteristics of subjects across 4 quartiles of ErbB2 concentrations.

From: Serum ErbB2 concentration positively correlated to the glycemic variations in newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetic patients

Items

Quartile 1

Quartile 2

Quartile 3

Quartile 4

P value

Number

23

24

24

24

Male

11

15

16

11

0.66

Age

54.6 ± 10.8

52.1 ± 12.5

56.7 ± 8.9

53.2 ± 12.0

0.78

BMI

23.3 ± 5.6

24.1 ± 6.0

25.0 ± 8.4

23.9 ± 7.2

0.81

HbA1c

9.0 ± 2.0

9.5 ± 4.6

8.8 ± 1.7

9.3 ± 2.5

0.82

Waistline

78.1 ± 28.4

74.6 ± 20.1

82.3 ± 19.6

75.8 ± 23.0

0.79

Waist-to-hip

0.8 ± 0.4

0.8 ± 0.2

0.8 ± 0.3

0.8 ± 0.2

0.92

Triglycerides

1.2 ± 1.3

1.4 ± 1.0

1.4 ± 1.5

1.8 ± 1.3

0.04*

Cholesterol

4.6 ± 1.5

5.4 ± 1.2

5.3 ± 1.8

5.8 ± 1.1

0.03*

  1. Data were presented as means ± SD. Age (years); BMI body mass index (kg/m2), HbA1c glycated hemoglobin (%), Waistline (cm), Waist-to-hip waist-to-hip ratio (%), Triglyceride (mmol/L), Cholesterol (mmol/L). *P < 0.05 (both Quartile 1 vs. Quartile 4).