Research Article

Association of Higher Circulating Insulin Antibody with Increased Mean Amplitude Glycemic Excursion in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional, Retrospective Case-Control Study

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of patients.

C ()L (IA 5-15.53)H () value/chi-square value

Age (year)0.2280.797
Gender (M/F)25/2222/2823/270.900d0.638
Duration (month)132 (120, 240)174 (120, 240)120 (72, 195)5.134c0.077
BMI (kg/m2)0.1180.888
IA (%)2.97 (1.76, 4.15)8.80 (6.48, 11.76)31.72 (21.80, 43.72)
Ln(IA) (%)aab376.120<0.001
HbA1c (%)0.0950.910
Sqrt (C-p 0) (ng/ml)0.5320.588
Sqrt (C-p 120) (ng/ml)0.1810.835
C-p 0 (-/+)23/2417/3318/322.6410.267
C-p 120 (-/+)8/397/436/440.5040.777
Insulin dose 1 (U/kg)0.30 (0.24, 0.37)0.30 (0.23, 0.40)0.28 (0.20, 0.36)2.6190.270
Insulin dose 2 (U/kg)0.20 (0.13, 0.28)0.22 (0.18, 0.33)0.19 (0.16, 0.26)3.8640.145
Daily insulin dose (U/kg)0.51 (0.40, 0.60)0.53 (0.42, 0.73)0.49 (0.35, 0.59)2.8500.241
Insulin/insulin analogue14/3312/3813/370.427d0.808
Oral drugs
 Met (-/+)41/645/540/102.172d0.338
 Aca (-/+)38/940/1042/80.295d0.863
 Met+Aca (-/+)43/448/244/62.218d0.337

BMI: body mass index; IA: insulin antibody; Ln: base logarithm; HbA1c: glycosylated hemoglobin A1c; Sqrt: square root; C-p: C-peptide; C-p 0 (-): C-p ; C-p 0 (+): C-p ; C-p 120 (-): C-p ; C-p 120 (+): C-p ; insulin dose 1: insulin dose before breakfast; insulin dose 2: insulin dose before dinner; Met: metformin; Aca: acarbose. aCompared with the C group (); bcompared with the L group (); cnonparametric test; dChi-square test. Data were presented as or median (25th, 75th percentile).