Research Article

Prevalence of GCKR rs1260326 Variant in Subjects with Obesity Associated NAFLD and T2DM: A Case-Control Study in South Punjab, Pakistan

Table 2

The demographic data of T2DM and control subjects.

VariablesNW (n = 30)OW (n = 27)OB (n = 43)HS (n = 50) value

Gender (M/F)18/1217/1010/3347/3<0.001
Age (years, mean ± SD)52 ± 1051 ± 951 ± 951 ± 100.588NS
Marital (yes/no)26/425/240/343/70.350NS
Smoking (yes/no)8/225/229/346/440.138NS
Family history (yes/no)13/1717/1030/1311/39<0.001
Exercise (yes/no)19/1112/1516/2740/10<0.001
Waist (In., mean ± SD)38 ± 3641.59 ± 3.0945.72 ± 2.6735.66 ± 3.08<0.001
BMI (kg/m2, mean ± SD)22.24 ± 2.2427.21 ± 1.3533.44 ± 2.4223.44 ± 3.35<0.001
Fat content (%, mean ± SD)27.19 ± 6.7832.72 ± 5.3944.09 ± 5.0324.25 ± 5.16<0.001
Blood pressure (systolic/diastolic) (mmHg, mean ± SD)137 ± 24/88 ± 10151 ± 35/94 ± 17146 ± 43/94 ± 30131 ± 27/87 ± 130.659NS/0.172NS
FBGL (mg/dl, mean ± SD)191.78 ± 41.97188.33 ± 35.45196.44 ± 47.5566.96 ± 9.87<0.001
RBGL (mg/dl, mean ± SD)360.56 ± 72.92248.14 ± 63.73369.01 ± 71.51124.54 ± 15.34<0.001
HbA1c (%, mean ± SD)9.45 ± 1.389.23 ± 1.339.72 ± 1.623.92 ± 0.33<0.001
GCKR (rs1260326) (CC/TT/CT)15/9/618/5/420/11/1211/29/10<0.001

Data are presented as mean ± SD; FBGL (fasting blood glucose level); RBGL (random blood glucose level); HbA1c (haemoglobin A1C). Chi-square test was used and , , and . Bold values indicate significantly associated risk factor with disease progression.