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Table 1 Characteristics of diabetic patients defined as Non-Fat and Fat using obesity measures

From: Performance of body mass index and body fat percentage in predicting metabolic syndrome risk factors in diabetic patients of Yazd, Iran

Variables

BMI

BFP

Normal weight (N = 169)

Overweight (N = 65)

P-value

Non-Fat (N = 139)

Fat (N = 95)

P-value

Age

57 ± 11

55 ± 10

0.015

52 ± 11

56 ± 10

< 0.001

WC

90.31 ± 7.32

104.69 ± 9.44

0.000

96.2 ± 8.38

103.1 ± 11.05

< 0.001

BMI

22.7 ± 1.89

30.37 ± 4.08

0.000

26.59 ± 3.17

29.26 ± 5.21

< 0.001

BFP

31.75 ± 5.94

37.42 ± 6.73

0.000

27.84 ± 3.45

38.96 ± 5.45

< 0.001

Systolic blood pressure

12.84 ± 1.96

13.38 ± 1.98

0.000

12.95 ± 1.99

13.36 ± 1.97

0.004

diastolic

7.22 ± 1.12

7.4 ± 1.15

0.02

7.14 ± 1.14

7.4 ± 1.142

< 0.001

LDL

107.6 ± 40.47

98.26 ± 35.7

0.001

104.58 ± 37.17

99.02 ± 36.99

0.036

HDL

45.12 ± 14.51

43.2 ± 12.35

.044

45.7 ± 11.11

42.9 ± 13.41

0.003

triglyceride

150.67 ± 74.75

179.13 ± 76.04

0.000

176.89 ± 71.35

189.24 ± 66.92

0.002

fasting glucose

162.78 ± 66.27

182.23 ± 78.98

0.000

167.69 ± 67.9

178.19 ± 68.38

< 0.001

HbA1C

8.53 ± 2.15

7.9 ± 1.84

0.000

8.16 ± 2.01

8.08 ± 1.86

0.259

2hpp

237.35 ± 91.7

272.56 ± 80.1

0.000

238.3 ± 90.93

250.34 ± 80.41

0.01

  1. Notes: Data except for number (%) are the mean (standard error of mean). All biochemical markers are expressed in Système International units.
  2. Abbreviations: WC Waist circumference, BFP Body Fat percentage, BMI body mass, HDL high density lipoprotein, LDL low density lipoprotein, HbA1c hemoglobin A1c, 2hpp 2 hour Post Prandial. Denotes statistically signifcant diference between groups(p-value< 0.05)