A structural equation model for assessment of links between changes in serum triglycerides, -urate, and -glucose and changes in serum Calcium, -magnesium and -phosphate in Type 2 diabetes and non-diabetes metabolism

Table 1 Mean and standard deviation (sd) for baseline characteristics and variables included in the SEM.

	Type 2 diabetes			Non-diabetes			Women vs women¹	Men vs men²
Variables	Women n = 212	Men n = 200	p-value	Women n = 968	Men N = 703	p-value	p-value	p-value
Age, yrs	51.3 (11.3)	53.5 (8.8)	0.0232	50.6 (9.9)	50.7 (9.1)	0.8117	0.4226	0.0001
BMI, kg/m²	32.3 (5.6)	30.3 (4.5)	< .0001	31.0 (5.7)	30.5 (4.9)	0.0447	0.0046	0.5246
SBP, mmHg	146 (19)	148 (19)	0.3778	146 (19)	149 (19)	0.0023	0.8778	0.3456
S-Chol, mmol/l	6.6 (1.3)	6.6 (1.5)	0.9024	6.7 (1.4)	6.7 (1.4)	0.6422	0.2132	0.2311
S-TG, mmol/l	2.8 (2.4)	3.2 (2.5)	0.0639	2.1 (1.2)	2.7 (2.0)	< .0001	< .0001	0.0079
S-Glu, mmol/l	10.7 (4.6)	10.8 (4.6)	0.8787	5.3 (1.1)	5.4 (1.3)	0.0029	< .0001	< .0001
S-Urate, mmol/l	298 (80)	322 (84)	0.0036	316 (72)	384 (72)	< .0001	0.0028	< .0001
S-Ca, mmol/l	2.37 (0.11)	2.34 (0.12)	0.0285	2.35 (0.10)	2.34 (0.09)	0.0063	0.0323	0.6119
S-Mg, mmol/l	0.78 (0.13)	0.81 (0.12)	0.0017	0.83 (0.12)	0.83 (0.13)	0.4164	< .0001	0.0610
S-P, mmol/l	1.05 (0.21)	0.97 (0.18)	< .0001	1.05 (0.21)	0.96 (0.20)	< .0001	0.9502	0.6015

Comparisons between type-2 diabetes and non-diabetes patients and for women with type 2 diabetes vs. women with non-diabetes and for men with type 2 diabetes vs. men with non-diabetes.
1/for comparisons between type 2 diabetes women and non-diabetes women
2/for comparisons between type 2 diabetes men and non-diabetes men

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