Research Article

Chronic Mild Hyperglycemia in GCK-MODY Patients Does Not Increase Carotid Intima-Media Thickness

Table 1

Clinical and biochemical characteristics of participants with GCK-MODY and control individuals.

ControlsGCK-MODYP value
n = 24n = 27

Gender
 Female13 (54.2%)12 (44.4%)0.58
 Male11 (45.8%)15 (55.6%)
Smoking
 Nonsmoker20 (83.3%)22 (81.5%)1
 Smoker4 (16.7%)5 (18.5%)
Age [yr]53 (12.2)49.8 (12.1)0.35
Weight [kg]81.7 (14)77.2 (12.9)0.23
Height [cm]172 (7.43)170 (7.34)0.35
BMI [kg/m2]27.7 (4.32)26.8 (4.04)0.43
Waist circumference [cm]96.8 (13.6)92.1 (12.3)0.20
Hip circumference [cm]108 (7.97)104 (9.88)0.081
Waist-to-hip ratio0.892 (0.083)0.881 (0.121)0.73
Systolic blood pressure [mmHg]124 (12.8)122 (20.8)0.8
Diastolic blood pressure [mmHg]75.6 (9.7)72.6 (12.5)0.34
Glycemia [mmol/L], [mg/dl]5.26 (0.33), 95.47.58 (1.17), 136.4<0.001
HbA1c [%]
5.74 (0.381)6.92 (0.957)<0.001
HbA1c [mmol/mol]
39 (3)52 (10)<0.001
C-peptide [pmol/L]871 (301)853 (545)0.89
Total cholesterol [mmol/L]5.42 (0.866)5.15 (0.856)0.26
HDL cholesterol [mmol/L]1.51 (0.368)1.52 (0.366)0.94
LDL cholesterol [mmol/L]3.16 (0.66)2.85 (0.757)0.13
Triglycerides [mmol/L]1.54 (0.858)1.58 (1.33)0.9
Creatinine [mmol/L]70.5 (19.1)73.6 (22.1)0.59
GMT [ kat/L]0.468 (0.307)0.647 (0.785)0.28
Microalbuminuria [μg/mg creatinine]6.58 (10.1)24.8 (61)0.15
Albumin/creatinine ratio0.818 (1.56)5.11 (14.6)0.17
Intima-media thickness [mm]0.692 (0.189)0.707 (0.215)0.78

Numbers and percentages are shown for categorical variables; means and standard deviations are shown for numerical variables. P values compare the unadjusted means/percentages between the two groups. The bold font refers to statistically significantP values; P values less than 0.05 were considered as statistically significant.