Research Article
Association of Tagging SNPs in the MTHFR Gene with Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Serum Homocysteine Levels in a Chinese Population
Table 1
Selected characteristics of cases and controls.
| | Characteristics | Cases () | Controls () | value |
| | Age (year) | 65 (56–71) | 64 (56–73) | 0.43 | | Sex (male/female) | 321/274 | 375/306 | 0.69 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 24.6 (22.7–27.0) | 23.1 (21.1–25.4) | <0.001 | | Smoking (yes/no) | 182/413 | 229/452 | 0.25 | | Hypertension (yes/no) | 261/334 | 167/514 | <0.001 | | Total cholesterol (mmol/L) | 4.68 (4.09–5.48) | 4.14 (3.60–5.07) | <0.001 | | HDL-C (mmol/L) | 1.10 (0.98–1.42) | 1.24 (1.09–1.58) | <0.001 | | LDL-C (mmol/L) | 2.81 (2.45–3.29) | 2.38 (2.05–2.93) | <0.001 |
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