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Table 1 Demographic and haematological characteristics of the study group

From: Association between erythrocyte Na+K+-ATPase activity and some blood lipids in type 1 diabetic patients from Lagos, Nigeria

Parameter

Diabetics

Control

Statistics

Total number of subjects, n(%)

34 (53.7)

27 (46.3)

> 0.05â• 

Number of males, n (%)

23 (67.6)

17 (62.9)

> 0.05â• 

Number of females, n (%)

11 (32.4)

10 (37.1)

> 0.05â• 

Age, years

28.2 ± 3.9

28.4 ± 4.3

> 0.05╤

†Duration of diabetes, years

(2–8) 4.6 ± 1.5

-

ND

Haemoglobin, g/dL

13.2 ± 0.2

13.1 ± 0.3

> 0.05╤

Haematocrit, %

39.1 ± 1.4

39.7 ± 1.2

> 0.05╤

  1. †Figures in parenthesis represent range of diabetes duration in the patients; ╠ = Chi-square test (χ2); ╤ = Student t- test (Two -tail). P > 0.05 was regarded as non-significant