Table 1 Anthropometrics, clinical characteristics and lipid profile of patients with type 2 diabetes and control subjects

60 ± 11

56 ± 11 ^a

56 ± 14 ^a

0.108

65.9

64.6

57.4 ^{a, b}

<0.001

29.6 ± 6.2

31.1 ± 4 ^a

25.9 ± 3.6 ^{a, b}

<0.001

104 ± 15

108 ± 13 ^a

92 ± 11 ^{a, b}

<0.001

12 ± 11

9 ± 8 ^a

-

58

52 ^a

-

30

28

-

9.1 ± 2.1

9.6 ± 2.3 ^a

5.3 ± 0.6 ^{a, b}

<0.001

69.4

68.2

-

29.6

29.5

-

24

29.6 ^a

-

5.6

15.9 ^a

-

4.78 ± 1.09

5.64 ± 1.53 ^a

5.00 ± 0.79 ^b

0.004

1.46 ± 0.79

3.89 ± 3.30 ^a

0.87 ± 0.37 ^a,b

<0.001

0.65 ± 0.30

1.43 ± 1.12 ^a

0.40 ± 0.17 ^a,b

<0.001

2.86 ± 0.95

3.10 ± 0.96 ^a

2.94 ± 0.66 ^b

0.281

1.28 ± 0.33

1.02 ± 0.27 ^a

1.64 ± 0.37 ^a,b

<0.001

0.64 ± 0.29

0.90 ± 0.48

0.41 ± 0.19 ^a,b

<0.001

0.93 ± 0.32

1.09 ± 0.28 ^a

0.80 ± 0.19 ^a,b

<0.001

1.46 ± 0.24

1.37 ± 0.25 ^a

1.57 ± 0.31 ^a,b

0.001

0.33 ± 0.07

0.34 ± 0.06

0.35 ± 0.05

0.081

26.0 ± 0.4

25.0 ± 0.4 ^a

26.3 ± 0.1 ^b

<0.001