Research Article
Evaluating Vitamin D Status in Pre- and Postmenopausal Type 2 Diabetics and Its Association with Glucose Homeostasis
Table 3
Biochemical, hemodynamic, and anthropometric characteristics of the study participants stratified by stage of menopause.
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Continuous variables are presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD). Students’ -test analysis was performed to compare means of pre- and postmenopausal T2DM women. was considered statistically significant ( values of significant variables are in bold print). FBG: fasting blood glucose; TCHOL: total cholesterol; TG: triglycerides; HDL-C: high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low density lipoprotein cholesterol, HbA1C: glycated haemoglobin; Calcium: total calcium; HOMA-IR: Homeostasis Model Assessment-Insulin Resistance; HOMA-β: Homeostasis Model Assessment-β; BMI: body mass index; WC: waist circumference; HC: hip circumference; WHR: waist to hip ratio; WHtR: waist to height ratio; BAI: body adiposity index; VAI: visceral adiposity index; MAP: mean arterial pressure. |