Adipokines, Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein, and C-Reactive Protein Levels in Lean, Overweight, and Obese Portuguese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Table 1

Clinical data for control and for lean (body mass index, BMI ≤ 24.9 kg/m²), overweight (BMI = 25–29.9 kg/m²), and obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m²) patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

	Control		T2DM patients
	(𝑛=20)	BMI ≤ 24.9 kg/m^2 (𝑛=28)	BMI = 25–29.9 kg/m^2 (𝑛=38)	BMI ≥ 30 kg/m^2 (𝑛=17)
Gender: F/M	12/8	11/17	20/18	10/7
Age (years)	60.0 ± 8.8	61.7 ± 10.0	63.6 ± 10.9	62.7 ± 9.4
Length of disease (years)	—	9.4 ± 7.4	9.4 ± 6.5	7.9 ± 5.9
Age at diagnosis (years)	—	52.3 ± 9.7	54.2 ± 10.1	54.7 ± 9.4
BMI (kg/m^2)	26.0 ± 2.5	23.0 ± 1.7***	27.6 ± 1.3*	33.0 ± 2.6***

F: female; M: male.
*𝑃 versus control <0.050; ***𝑃 versus control ≤0.001.