Table 4 Demographic, biochemical and clinical characteristics of diabetic patients when they divided into 3 categories based on their c-peptide concentrations

Age (yrs)

53.38

5.28

56.64

6.06

54.08

8.79

0.362

SBP (mmHg)

126.15

17.58

127.62

11.36

130.00

16.13

0.647

DBP (mmHg)

77.69

12.35

79.29

7.79

80.94

10.19

0.518

BMI (kg/m²)

28.54

4.43

29.86

4.07

34.45

16.47

0.210

WC (cm)

95.85

15.85

101.50

7.80

103.53

14.04

0.168

Duration of Diabetes (yrs)

14.77

9.79

13.82

6.10

11.02

6.86

0.108

Total Insulin Dose (u)

54.46

25.09

62.10

34.98

53.76

27.59

0.535

tTGA IgA (U/mL)

36.44

88.13

5.15

6.39

4.57

4.64

0.004

hsCRP

5.20

8.60

6.74

5.63

7.85

7.63

0.579

FPG

227.69

153.26

200.00

66.04

217.89

71.14

0.591

PBG

274.71

128.90

322.21

88.55

304.83

80.31

0.506

HbA1c

10.13

2.08

10.69

1.93

9.69

1.70

0.080

C-peptide

0.24

0.20

0.78

0.14

2.18

1.01

<.0001