Table 1 Shows the demographic, clinical and metabolic characteristics of T2DM compared to non-diabetic subjects.

Females

Male

Both

Females

Males

Both

P-value (both)

Number

69

87

156

86

135

221

Age (years)

45(1.8)

43(1.7)

44(1.5)

47(0.9)

48(1.0)

47(0.8)

0.33

BMI (kg/m ² )

33.4(2.6)

29.5(1.35)

30.7(1.26)

29.6(1)

30.5(0.8)

30.2(0.6)

0.71

Tg (mmol/L)

1.29 (1.12)

1.4(1.08)

1.36(1.06)

1.77(1.07)

1.86(1.06)

1.83(0.97)

<0.0001

Tc (mmol/L)

5.9 (0.28)

5.6(0.18)

5.7(0.15)

5.9(0.18)

5.8(0.14)

5.9(0.11)

0.59

LDLc (mmol/L)

3.9(0.26)

3.4(0.17)

3.7(0.13)

3.8(0.16)

3.7(0.11)

3.7(0.09)

0.97

HDLc(mmol/L)

1.37(1)

1.1(1)

1.18(1.02)

1.20(0.9)

1.1(0.91)

1.14(0.9)

0.21

Lp(a) (g/L)

0.246 (0.18–0.32)

0.15 (0.089–0.179)

0.18 (0.122–0.207)

0.165 (0.108–0.223)

0.101 (0.078–0.132)

0.123 (0.08–0.146)

0.015