Genetic polymorphisms of innate immunity-related inflammatory pathways and their association with factors related to type 2 diabetes

Table 1 Characteristics of the study subjects from the TwinsUK cohort

Measure	n	Mean ± SE²	Range
Age (years)	6,720	46.2 ± 0.16	16.1 - 83.8
Sex
Male	653	9.7%
Female	6,067	90.3%
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)	6,623	4.6 ± 0.01	2.1 - 6.7
Triglycrides (mmol/L)	5,541	1.1 ± 0.01	0.15 - 8.9
Fasting Insulin (μIU/ml)	2,414	11.9 ± 0.31	2 - 177
LDL-C (mmol/L)	1,780	3.3 ± 0.02	0.3 - 6.9
HDL-C (mmol/L)	4,878	1.5 ± 0.01	0.2 - 3.1
sCRP (mg/L)	5,464	3.1 ± 0.09	0.0 - 161
Amyloid-A (mg/L)	360	6.7 ± 0.41	2 - 91
VDBP (ng/L)	1,730	301 ± 1.23	190 - 602
BMI (Kg/m²)	4,710	25.2 ± 0.07	13.2 - 52.4

¹Study population excluded subjects with fasting glucose of ≥ 7 mmol/L (i.e., possible diabetics) and those under 16 years of age.
²Values represent unadjusted mean ± standard error of n subjects.

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