Clinical Study

Analysis of Serum and Urinal Copper and Zinc in Chinese Northeast Population with the Prediabetes or Diabetes with and without Complications

Table 2

Baseline characteristics of T2D subjects.

T2D Con ( )DN ( ) DR ( ) DPN ( )

Age (years)46.0 (39.0–60.0)60.0 (46.8–65.0)0.007*59.5 (46.8–67.3)0.003*55.5 (46.8–62.3)0.007*
Sex, male (%)22 (75.9)19 (79.2)0.77515 (44.1)0.011*29 (58.0)0.110
BMI (kg/m2)25.4 (23.0–27.3)27.1 (24.9–30.4)0.026*24.8 (22.4–27.4)0.53925.1 (23.0–26.5)0.618
Hypertension (%)021 (87.5) 0.001*17 (50.0) 0.001*20 (40.0) 0.001*
Dyslipidemia (%)20 (69.0)11 (45.8)0.08916 (47.1)0.08027 (54.0) 0.192
Glu (mmol/L)9.8 (8.3–12.8)8.2 (7.5–9.5)0.2489.2 (7.7–11.4)0.1828.8 (7.6–11.1)0.413
HbA1c (%)8.5 (7.7–8.9)8.5 (8.0–8.8)0.3808.6 (8.0–8.9)0.8498.2 (7.2–8.8)0.421
RBC ( 1012)5.1 (4.6–5.4)4.8 (4.0–5.1)0.2244.6 (4.2–4.9)0.3954.7 (4.3–4.9)0.027*
Hb (g/L)154.0 (137.0–161.5)144 (129.8–159.5)0.076138.0 (125.8–151.0)0.760140.0 (128.5–150.0)0.067
BUN (mmol/L)5.6 (4.7–6.5)17.5 (13.2–19.1) 0.001*5.9 (5.2–7.4)0.4305.9 (4.2–6.9)0.525
Cre (μmol/L)70.2 (58.6–85.6)287.0 (233.9–386.3) 0.001*79.0 (65.0–107.0)0.09571.0 (61.4–87.6)0.824
eGFR (mL/min)102.8 (87.4–166.2)25.7 (16.8–34.9) 0.001*85.5 (58.2–120.0)0.18298.0 (72.8–112.6)0.530
Cu (mg/L)1.00 (0.94–1.15)1.26 (1.07–1.42)0.015*1.05 (0.92–1.48)0.7171.08 (0.92–1.38)0.298
UCu (μg/L)29.0 (24.5–36.5)37.0 (28.3–49.0)0.94728.5 (26.8–36.0)0.27432.0 (22.8–43.0)0.815
Zn (mg/L)0.73 (0.55–0.79)0.59 (0.48–0.76)0.1570.58 (0.46–0.63)0.002*0.63 (0.59–0.75)0.080
UZn (mg/L)0.47 (0.28–0.53)0.44 (0.30–0.52)0.6850.45 (0.25–0.52)0.8240.52 (0.44–0.63) 0.001*
Zn/Cu0.66 (0.55–0.76)0.50 (0.36–0.56)0.006*0.48 (0.40–0.64)0.012*0.58 (0.46–0.68)0.111
CHO (mmol/L)5.0 (4.4–5.5)5.7 (4.6–6.5)0.8584.9 (4.5–6.3)0.3794.9 (4.3–6.0)0.961
TG (mmol/L)1.7 (1.1–2.5)2.0 (1.2–3.3)0.4571.4 (1.1–2.8)0.7341.3 (1.0–2.6)0.726
HDL (mmol/L)1.2 (0.9–1.9)1.1 (1.0–1.5)0.014*1.2 (1.1–1.6)0.6161.1 (1.1–1.4)0.700
LDL (mmol/L)3.3 (2.4–3.7)3.5 (2.9–4.1)0.9193.4 (2.7–3.8)0.3353.3 (2.6–3.9)0.703

Data presentation and abbreviations spelt out forms are the same as the description for Table 1. * versus T2D control group.