Association of Hepatitis C Virus Infection with Type II Diabetes in Ethiopia: A Hospital-Based Case-Control Study

Table 3

Unpaired 𝑡-test values for the difference of means between diabetic and non diabetic controls with equal variance is assumed, Jimma University Specialized Hospital, July 2010.

Variable	Diabetic; Mean ± standard deviation	Non diabetic; Mean ± standard deviation	Mean difference diabetic/non diabetes	𝑃 value	95% CI
Age in years	44.3±15.3	26.87±8.3	17.456	0.000	(15.49, 19.42)
Height (m)	1.68±0.52	1.64±0.099	0.0398	0.199	(−0.02, 0.1)
Weight (kg)	62.2±13.5	59.5±7.4	2.62	0.003	(0.88, 4.38)
BMI (kg/m^2)	22.7±4.79	22.08±2.06	0.69	0.022	(0.098, 1.28)
AST (U/L)	33.46±12.04	31.89±4.76	1.56	0.037	(0.092, 3.03)
ALT (U/L)	34.76±17.4	34.24±10.5	0.52	0.656	(−1.783, 2.83)
Cholesterol (mg/dL)	197.05±4.8	131.7±2.06	65.33	0.000	(49.33, 81.34)

AST: aspartate transaminase, ALT: alanine transaminase.