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Table 1 Characteristics of type 2 diabetes patients

From: Associations between explorative dietary patterns and serum lipid levels and their interactions with ApoA5 and ApoE haplotype in patients with recently diagnosed type 2 diabetes

Variables

 

General traits

N (% male)

348 (64 %)

Age (years)

52.6 (10.9)

BMI (kg/m2)

31.6 (6.2)

Waist-to-hip ratio

0.96 (0.08)

Waist circumference (cm)

105 (15)

Diabetes-related parameters

Duration since diagnosis of diabetes (months)

6.1 (3.2)

Glucose-lowering medication (diet/oral glucose-lowering medication/insulin + oral glucose-lowering medication/insulin)

164 (47 %)/157 (45 %)/17 (5 %)/10 (3 %)

HbA1c (%)

6.4 (1.0)

Fasting blood glucose (mg/dl)

126 (28)

Fasting C-peptide (ng/ml)

2.9 (2.2; 4.0)

HOMA-IR*

3.8 (2.5; 5.7)

HOMA-B (%)*

76.1 (50.1; 120.8)

Serum lipids

Lipid-lowering medication (yes/no)

73 (21 %)/275 (79 %)

Triglycerides (mg/dl)

126 (91; 185)

LDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)

127 (37)

HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)

47.9 (12.2)

Genotype

ApoA5 haplotype (ApoA5*1/ApoA5*2/ApoA5*3/ApoA5*amb)

251 (72 %)/45 (13 %)/47 (14 %)/5 (1 %)

ApoE haplotype (ApoE2-expressing/ApoE3-expressing/ApoE4-expressing/ApoE2/4)

56 (16 %)/205 (59 %)/80 (23 %)/7 (2 %)

Socio-economic status

Current employment status (employed/unemployed)

227 (65 %)/121 (35 %)

Highest school-leaving qualification (“Hauptschule”/”Realschule”/Polytechnic Secondary School/”Fachhochschulreife”/”Abitur”/no school-leaving certificate/others)

126 (36 %)/80 (23 %)/5 (1 %)/40 (11 %)/85 (24 %)/6 (2 %)/6 (2 %)

Current/former employment position [laborer/employee/official/self-employed/supporting family member/no further details/still in education (unpaid)/others]

69 (20 %)/222 (64 %)/14 (4 %)/26 (7 %)/1 (0.3 %)/9 (3 %)/1 (0.3 %)/2 (0.6 %)/4 (1 %)

  1. Data are n (%), mean (SD) or median (P25; P75)
  2. * Based on n = 327 patients with type 2 diabetes due to exclusion of those treated with intermediate- or long-acting insulin