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Table 1 Patients characteristics according to tertiles of M0

From: Beta cell response to a mixed meal in nigerian patients with type 2 diabetes

Characteristic

Tertile1

Tertile2

Tertile3

p

No (%)

33(36.7 %)

28(31.1 %)

29(32.2 %)

 

Age(years)

54.1 ± 2.0

58.7 ± 1.7

59.9 ± 2.2

0.09

Duration of diabetes(years)

8.0 ± 1.3

6.9 ± 1.5

5.6 ± 0.9

0.35

Prevalence of oral drug use (%)

20.7

24.1

33.3

0.01*

Prevalence of insulin use (%)

13.8

8

0

0.01*

BMI(kg/m2)

26.4 ± 1.0

26.5 ± 1.0

30.0 ± 1.3

0.04*

FPG(mmol/l)

9.2 ± 0.7

6.7 ± 0.5

6.4 ± 0.5

0.01*

PPG(mmol/l)

13.4 ± 0.7

9.8 ± 0.7

9.7 ± 0.7

<0.001*

GLU change(mmol/l)

4.2 ± 0.5

4.0 ± 0.4

3.9 ± 0.6

0.92

HbA1c (%)

10.9 ± 0.4

8.1 ± 0.3

8.1 ± 0.4

<0.001*

FCP(ng/ml)

0.07 ± 0.02

0.79 ± 0.1

3.5 ± 0.3

<0.001*

PCP(ng/ml)

1.65 ± 0.38

4.08 ± 0.51

6.16 ± 0.29

<0.001*

  1. Data are expressed as means ± S.E.
  2. BMI; body mass index, FPG; Fasting plasma glucose, PPG; postprandial glucose, GLU change (PPG minus FPG), HbA1c; glycated haemoglobin, FCP; fasting C peptide, PCP; postprandial C peptide.
  3. Comparisons between means made with ANOVA and with Chi-square for proportions.
  4. *denotes significant values.