Prevalence of Osteoporosis and Its Associated Factors among Older Men with Type 2 Diabetes

Table 4

Laboratory test results of patients with T2DM and the control subjects.

	Control group (𝑛=125)	T2DM group (𝑛=93)	𝑃 value
ALT (IU/L)	33.40±9.70	15.11±6.00	<0.001**
AST (IU/L)	29.40±7.59	14.82±3.64	<0.001**
Serum albumin (g/L)	42.82±6.38	38.08±8.34	0.079
Serum albumin/globin	1.68±0.15	1.59±0.21	0.131
BUN (mmol/L)	4.70±0.84	6.07±2.37	0.003**
Creatinine (𝜇mol/L)	45.40±11.38	73.27±26.11	0.002**
UA (𝜇mol/L)	271.80±17.29	303.71±57.46	0.003**
TC (mmol/L)	3.24±0.98	4.26±0.91	0.034*
TG (mmol/L)	0.96±0.49	1.52±0.84	0.041*
HDL-C (mmol/L)	0.99±0.42	1.16±0.41	0.051
LDL-C (mmol/L)	1.74±0.55	2.19±0.45	0.033*
24-h urinary albumin (mg)	13.34±6.01	473.69±261.14^a	0.005**
24-h urinary protein (mg)	101.20±49.08	730.11±233.43^b	0.006**
ClCr (mL/min)	104.81±29.26	84.85±35.38	0.042*

T2DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; BUN: blood urea nitrogen; UA: uric acid; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglyceride; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; ClCr: creatinine clearance rate.
* 𝑃<0.05; **𝑃<0.01.
Data are expressed as mean ± SD.
^ahigher than 30 mg/24 h; ^bhigher than the normal range of 0–150 mg.