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 |