Research Article

Lipid Peroxidation and Antioxidant Status in Nonobese Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of healthy controls (HC) and diabetic subjects (DM).

Control
( = 95)
DM
( = 102)
value

Age (in years) 51.5 ± 7.24 53.1 ± 7.860.303
Sex (M/F) 49/46 54/480.887
BMI (kg/m2) 23.20 ± 1.69 22.75 ± 1.670.061
Duration of diabetes 17.9 ± 5.76
BP-systolic (mm Hg)127.8 ± 8.4 128.2 ± 7.90.201
BP-diastolic (mm Hg)81.4 ± 6.95 82.2 ± 6.50.146
FPG (mg/dL)80.94 ± 8.5167.5 ± 60.3*<0.001
PPPG (mg/dL)114.3 ± 9.9 238 ± 27.2*<0.001
HbA1c (%)4.80 ± 0.437.48 ± 1.03*<0.001

FBG, fasting blood glucose; BP, blood pressure; PPPG, postprandial blood glucose. Age, BMI, HbA1c scores, and serum levels of biochemical parameters were expressed as the mean ± SD. Statistically significant, * < 0.001.