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Table 3 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

IFG

IGT

 

(n = 24)

(n = 09)

(n = 17)

Anthropometric measures

   

Age (years)

36 ± 2

38 ± 2

40 ± 2

Weight (Kg)

69 ± 2

82 ± 4**

74 ± 3

Body Mass Index (kg/m2)

24.0 ± 0.6

27.0 ± 1.3*

26.2 ± 0.7*

Waist Circumference (cm)

90.3 ± 1.7

97.0 ± 2.2*

99.0 ± 4.7

Waist - Hip Ratio

0.96 ± 0.01

0.97 ± 0.01

0.98 ± 0.01

Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)

119.0 ± 1.8

120.0 ± 1.9

124.3 ± 3.8

Diastolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)

76.3 ± 1.6

75.6 ± 1.9

77.1 ± 2.7

OGTT

   

Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/l)

5.0 ± 0.1

5.7 ± 0.1***

5.7 ± 0.2***

2Hr Post plasma glucose (mmol/l)

5.6 ± 0.2

6.8 ± 0.3**

8.8 ± 0.2*** ##

Glycated Hemoglobin [HbA1c] (%)

5.4 ± 0.1

5.6 ± 0.1

5.9 ± 0.1***

Fasting Insulin (pmol/l)

49.8 ± 5

93.7 ± 19 **

95.8 ± 11***

2Hr post Insulin (pmol/l)

325.8 ± 49

653.1 ± 121**

1259 ± 231***

HOMA-IR

1.9 ± 0.2

3.9 ± 0.8***

4.0 ± 0.5***

Lipid profile

   

Total Cholesterol (mmol/l)

4.6 ± 0.2

4.8 ± 0.4

4.9 ± 0.2

Serum Triglycerides (mmol/l)

1.51 ± 0.2

2.1 ± 0.4

1.8 ± 0.2

HDL Cholesterol (mmol/l)

1.0 ± 0.04

1.0 ± 0.09

1.0 ± 0.03

LDL Cholesterol (mmol/l)

2.9 ± 0.1

2.9 ± 0.3

3.1 ± 0.2

VLDL Cholesterol (mmol/l)

0.7 ± 0.1

0.9 ± 0.2

0.8 ± 0.1

Others

   

Serum Creatinine (μmol/l)

76.6 ± 2.3

73.7 ± 2.6

124.5 ± 41.2#

Hs-CRP (mg/l)

2.5 ± 0.5

2.0 ± 0.2

3.7 ± 0.6

Microalbuminuria (μg/mg)

5.2 ± 0.8

4.2 ± 0.6

9.4 ± 2.1

  1. Values are expressed as mean ± SEM. Hs - CRP indicates High sensitive C - reactive protein. Glycated Hemoglobin values are expressed in %. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.001 &*** P < 0.0001 vs NGT and # P < 0.05 & ## P < 0.0001 vs IFG.