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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the participants.

From: Implication of genetic variants near SLC30A8, HHEX, CDKAL1, CDKN2A/B, IGF2BP2, FTO, TCF2, KCNQ1, and WFS1 in Type 2 Diabetes in a Chinese population

Characteristics

Controls

Patients

P

Male/Female

343/662

540/484

<0.00001

Age at examination(years)

58 ± 9

56 ± 12

<0.00001

BMI(kg/m2)

25.0 ± 3.3

25.0 ± 3.1

0.87

Age of diagnosis(years)

--

49 ± 11

--

Fasting glucose (mmol/l)

5.2 ± 0.4

7.8 ± 2.8

<0.00001

Glucose at 2 h (mmol/l)

5.7 ± 1.2

--

--

Fasting insulin (pmol/l)

53.1(38.0-77.5)

--

--

HOMA-IR

1.60(1.13-2.36)

--

--

HOMA-ß

80.51(57.63-111.72)

--

--

  1. Data are the mean ± SD or median(interquartile range). p represents the significance of the differences between the patients and controls.
  2. The gender distribution between the patients and controls was analyzed using Pearson's χ2 test.
  3. Comparison of the quantitative variables between patients and controls was performed using Student's t-test.