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Table 1 Anthropometric, clinical and biochemical characteristics of study subjects

From: Glucose challenge increases circulating progenitor cells in Asian Indian male subjects with normal glucose tolerance which is compromised in subjects with pre-diabetes: A pilot study

Parameters

NGT

Pre-diabetes

p value

 

(n = 24)

(n = 26)

 

Anthropometric measures

   

Age (years)

36 ± 2

39 ± 2

0.232

Weight (Kg)

69 ± 2

77 ± 3*

0.026

Body Mass Index (kg/m2)

24.0 ± 0.6

26.5 ± 0.6*

0.005

Waist Circumference (cm)

90.3 ± 1.7

98.3 ± 3.1*

0.032

Waist - Hip Ratio

0.96 ± 0.01

0.98 ± 0.01

0.070

Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)

119.0 ± 1.8

122.8 ± 2.6

0.240

Diastolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)

76.3 ± 1.6

76.6 ± 1.9

0.992

Biochemical parameters

   

OGTT

   

Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/l)

5.0 ± 0.1

5.7 ± 0.1**

0.0001

2Hr Post plasma glucose (mmol/l)

5.6 ± 0.2

8.1 ± 0.3**

0.0001

Glycated Hemoglobin [HbA1c] (%)

5.4 ± 0.1

5.8 ± 0.1*

0.0013

Fasting Insulin (pmol/l)

49.8 ± 5

95.1 ± 10**

0.0002

2Hr post Insulin (pmol/l)

325.8 ± 49

780.0 ± 75**

0.0001

HOMA-IR

1.9 ± 0.2

4.0 ± 0.4**

0.0001

Lipid profile

   

Total Cholesterol (mmol/l)

4.6 ± 0.2

4.9 ± 0.2

0.376

Serum Triglycerides (mmol/l)

1.51 ± 0.2

1.9 ± 0.2

0.166

HDL Cholesterol (mmol/l)

1.0 ± 0.04

0.9 ± 0.04

0.459

LDL Cholesterol (mmol/l)

2.9 ± 0.1

3.0 ± 0.2

0.632

VLDL Cholesterol (mmol/l)

0.7 ± 0.1

0.9 ± 0.1

0.163

Others

   

Serum Creatinine (μmol/l)

79.6 ± 1.8

106.9 ± 27.1

0.364

Hs-CRP (mg/l)

2.5 ± 0.5

3.1 ± 0.5

0.341

Microalbuminuria (μg/mg)

5.2 ± 0.8

7.6 ± 1.5

0.344

  1. Values are expressed as mean ± SEM. Hs - CRP indicates High sensitive C - reactive protein. Glycated Hemoglobin values are expressed in %.*P < 0.05 and **P < 0.001.