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Table 1 Mean (SD) subject characteristics of the T2DM and control participants

From: Dietary quality in a sample of adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Ireland; a cross-sectional case control study

 

T2DM

Controls

Pvalue

 

Mean

SD

N

Mean

SD

N

 

Age (y)

56

7.7

65

55

9.5

46

0.459

Anthropometry

       

Height (m)

1.7

0.1

65

1.7

0.1

46

0.564

Weight (kg)

92.1

14.1

65

78.3

16.2

46

<0.001

BMI 1

32.5

5.3

65

27.6

4.1

46

<0.001

WC (cm)

107.4

12.2

54

101.2

8.4

17

0.021

WHR 3

0.95

0.2

64

0.93

0.1

45

0.001

% Adiposity3

32.6

5.4

65

29.3

4.1

46

0.003

BMI category a

       

18.5-24.9 b

1

-

-

14

-

-

-

25.0-29.9 b

26

-

-

17

-

-

-

30.0-34.9 b

20

-

-

13

-

-

-

35.0-39.9 b

12

-

-

2

-

-

-

>40 b

6

-

-

0

-

-

-

Biochemical profile

       

FPG (mmol/L)2

7.8

1.8

61

4.6

0.6

42

<0.001

Insulin (mU/L)

13.5

8.5

51

-

-

-

-

HbA1c (%)2

6.8

0.9

61

5.5

0.4

33

<0.001

TC (mmol/L)1

4.4

0.9

60

5.2

1.2

43

<0.001

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.3

0.2

52

1.6

0.5

43

0.002

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.7

0.8

52

3.5

1.0

43

<0.001

TAG (mmol/L)1

1.8

0.7

60

1.3

0.6

42

<0.001

  1. T2DM type 2 diabetes mellitus, SD standard deviation, N subject numbers, BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, WHR waist-hip ratio, FPG fasting plasma glucose, HbA1c glycosylated haemoglobin, TC total cholesterol, HDL-C high density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low density lipoprotein cholesterol, TAG triacylglycerides.
  2. * a World Health Organisation classification (20); b Expressed as frequency.
  3. 1Square root transformation; 2 Log transformation; 3 Non-parametric 2-tailed t-test analysis.
  4. All other p-values obtained by independent 2-tailed t-test analyses between T2DM group and control group.
  5. Subject numbers may vary due to missing data.
  6. Statistically significant (P < 0.05).
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