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Table 2 Patients characteristics according to tertiles of M1

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

Characteristic

Tertile1

Tertile2

Tertile3

p

Age (years)

57.1 ± 2.1

53.7 ± 2.2

62.2 ± 1.4

0.009

Duration of diabetes(years)

8.3 ± 1.4

6.5 ± 1.2

5.5 ± 0.9

0.25

BMI (kg/m2)

26.5 ± 1.1

28.8 ± 1.2

27.5 ± 1.0

0.35

Prevalence oral drug use (%)

17

30.7

30.7

<0.001

Prevalence insulin use (%)

15.9

3.4

2.3

<0.001

FPG(mmol/l)

8.6 ± 0.6

7.8 ± 0.6

6.0 ± 0.6

0.01

PPG (mmol/l)

12.8 ± 0.8

11.7 ± 0.6

8.5 ± 3.4

<0.001

GLU change (mmol/l)

4.3 ± 0.5

5.1 ± 0.5

2.7 ± 0.3

<0.001

HbA1c (%)

10.0 ± 2.5

9.3 ± 0.4

7.8 ± 0.4

0.002

FCP (ng/ml)

1.40 ± 0.43

1.47 ± 0.31

1.52 ± 0.25

0.97

PCP (ng/ml)

1.40 ± 0.41

4.16 ± 0.43

6.31 ± 0.25

<0.01

  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.