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Table 1 Characteristic of the study group

From: Association of retinol binding protein 4 and transthyretin with triglyceride levels and insulin resistance in rural thais with high type 2 diabetes risk

Variables

Normal TG group (n = 110)

High TG group (n = 57)

P-value

Gender (male/female)

32/79

15/42

0.80*

Age (year)

46.27 ± 5.92

47.26 ± 5.94

0.31

Hip circumference (cm)

92.35 ± 11.43

94.21 ± 8.34

0.28

Waist-hip ratio

0.89 ± 0.09

0.91 ± 0.06

0.30

Body fat (%)

29.86 ± 7.96

30.59 ± 6.81

0.55

Visceral fat (%)

8.70 ± 5.09

10.48 ± 5.54

0.04

Muscle (%)

26.11 ± 4.05

25.75 ± 3.62

0.57

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

122.75 ± 18.58

123.88 ± 20.94

0.72

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

72.55 ± 10.45

76.98 ± 13.53

0.03

Fasting blood glucose (mg/dL)

94.22 ± 13.43

96.18 ± 23.55

0.49

2hBG (mg/dL)

122.67 ± 49.62

137.46 ± 70.90

0.12

HbA1c (%)

5.43 ± 0.67

5.54 ± 1.04

0.43

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

200.23 ± 58.94

212.14 ± 63.17

0.23

LDL-C (mg/dL)

149.58 ± 61.17

165.63 ± 63.42

0.11

HDL-C (mg/dL)

50.65 ± 14.89

46.51 ± 15.29

0.09

  1. Data are presented as means ±standard deviation unless otherwise specified
  2. P-values were calculated by Student’s t-test
  3. *P-value for gender were calculated by Chi-square test