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Table 1 Laboratory parameters (following Gaussian distribution) assessing metabolic status of type 2 diabetic and non-DM obese study participants

From: Glucose-level dependent brain hypometabolism in type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity

 

Type 2 diabetic participants

non-DM, obese participants

  

Parameters

Mean; SD

Mean; SD

Reference value

P value

HbA1c (%)

7.59; 1.27

5.49; 0.33

4.2-6.1%

<0.001**

High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/L)

1.21; 0.34

1.39; 0.32

Men: >1 mmol/L, women >1.3 mmol/L

0.013*

Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/L)

3.05; 0.95

3.82; 0.93

<3.4 mmol/L

<0.001**

  1. P values for parameters are derived from two-sample Student’s t test of the type 2 diabetic and obese group of patients; DM diabetes mellitus; HbA1c glycated haemoglobin; SD standard deviation
  2. *Significance level <0.05
  3. **Significance level <0.001