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Table 4 Comparison of age, duration of diabetes, BMI, and telomere length

From: Analysis of association among clinical features and shorter leukocyte telomere length in mitochondrial diabetes with m.3243A>G mitochondrial DNA mutation

 

Mitochondrial diabetes (n = 15)

T2DM (n = 100)

Healthy controls (n = 100)

P

Age (year)

35.2 ± 19.1

42.2 ± 14.3

38.3 ± 10.3

0.070

Duration of diabetes (year)

4.0 ± 2.7

4.8 ± 3.5

——

0.440

BMI (kg/m2)

19.5 ± 2.36

24.3 ± 2.4

21.2 ± 1.4

0.000***

Telomere length

1.28 ± 0.54

1.14 ± 0.43

1.63 ± 0.61

0.000***

  1. ***p < 0.001. There was a significant difference in BMI and telomere length among the three groups
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BMC Medical Genetics

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