Steroid-Induced Diabetes: Is It Just Unmasking of Type 2 Diabetes?

Table 1

Demographic and clinical profile of patients in the three matched groups.

	NOSID (𝑁=60)	T2DM+S (𝑁=60)	T2DM (𝑁=360)
Age (yrs)	59.2±11.5	59.8±9.8	59.3±10.5
Duration DM (yrs)	4.5 [1.6–7.7]	5.0 [2.1–7.5]	4.2 [0.8–8.1]
Males (%)	52	52	52
Anglo-Celtic (%)	42	42	42
HbA1c (%)	6.5±1.2	6.6±1.2	6.6±1.2
Family history (%)	35*	59	62	𝑃<0.05
Weight (kg)	75.8±18.7^∗	84.9±16.4	82.8±19.6	𝑃=0.02
Diabetes treatment (%)				𝑃<0.0001
Diet	17	20	18
Oral Hypoglycemics	38	40	72
Insulin	45	40	10
Retinopathy (%)	0^*	10	7	𝑃<0.03
Macrovascular (%)	10^¶	30	14	^¶𝑃=0.006
Metabolic syndrome (%)	57	70	63	𝑃=0.5

Different from ^*both groups or ^¶ T2DM+S.
Data are presented as mean, median, and interquartile range.