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Table 1 Baselines characteristic of subjects

From: Medium & long-chain acylcarnitine’s relation to lipid metabolism as potential predictors for diabetic cardiomyopathy: a metabolomic study

Variables

DCM

ST2DM

P

N

50 (50%)

50 (50%)

 

 Age, years

47.42 ± 7.43

44.08 ± 5.32

0.01*

 Male, gender

22 (44%)

29 (58%)

0.161**

 BMI, kg/m2

25.61 ± 3.44

24.71 ± 1.20

0.082*

 SBP, mmHg

129 ± 6.92

127 ± 5.7

0.065*

 DBP, mmHg

80 ± 12.60

79 ± 6.41

0.066*

FPG, mmol/L

8.96 ± 0.67

8.01 ± 0.47

< 0.001*

PBG, mmol/L

17.43 ± 1.42

16.60 ± 0.50

< 0.001*

 HbA1c, %

8.75 ± 0.36

7.60 ± 0.39

< 0.001*

 TG, mmol/L

1.73 ± 0.65

1.16 ± 0.38

< 0.001*

 TC, mmol/L

4.34 ± 0.62

4.16 + 0.57

0.129*

 LDL-C, mmol/L

2.40 ± 0.37

2.34 ± 0.42

0.452*

 HDL-C, mmol/L

0.99 ± 0.12

1.02 ± 0.84

0.166*

  1. All data are represented as n (%), means ± standard deviation
  2. *p-values represent differences among groups as compared by Student’s t-test. **p-values represent differences among groups as compared by Chi-squared test