Toll/Interleukin-1 receptor member ST2 exhibits higher soluble levels in type 2 diabetes, especially when accompanied with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study population

VARIABLE	GROUP	Mean	S.D.	p-value
AGE (years)	A	55,10	10,50	0,107
	B	60,33	9,65
	C	54,87	9,94
	D	56,98	8,80
	TOTAL	56,24	9,78
SEX (% males)	A	61,90	NA	0,081
	B	77,80	NA
	C	45,80	NA
	D	50,00	NA
	TOTAL	58,90	NA
DURATION OF DIABETES (years)	A	NA	NA	0,136
	B	NA	NA
	C	2,81	2,50
	D	4,97	6,03
BMI (Kg/m ² )	A	27,83	4,62	0,005
	B	32,63	6,45
	C	29,41	5,13
	D	31,69	7,77

We used the Kruskal-Wallis test to analyze the variability of age, duration of diabetes & BMI and the chi squared test to analyze the sex variability between the 4 study groups. P-value found significant only for BMI, where the relative value of group A was significantly lesser than the correspondent of group B (p = 0,001) and group D (p = 0,002). All the other possible comparisons of BMI were found to be statistically insignificant. (NA = Not applicable)

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