The Relationship between Serum Osteocalcin Concentration and Glucose Metabolism in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 1

The principal characteristics of the research objects.

Parameters	All the objects (𝑛=66)	The male objects (𝑛=46)	The female objects (𝑛=20)
Age (year)	51.9 ± 13.3	49.8 ± 13.0	57.1 ± 12.0^#
Height (cm)	164.76 ± 8.56	168.80 ± 6.45*	156.10 ± 5.49^**##
Weight (kg)	65.92 ± 11.50	69.74 ± 9.97	57.45 ± 9.79^**##
BMI (kg/m^2)	24.16 ± 3.09	24.43 ± 2.91	23.48 ± 3.29
Course of DM (month)	67.8 ± 53.7	56.2 ± 49.9	92.3 ± 54.6^#
sCr (μmol/L)	72.4 ± 12.5	78.0 ± 11.0*	60.6 ± 9.2^**##
Ca (mmol/L)	2.37 ± 0.13	2.37 ± 0.13	2.37 ± 0.11
Ostase (μg/L)	13.98 ± 4.09	13.34 ± 3.21	15.33 ± 5.35
PTH (ng/L)	36.41 ± 10.95	38.69 ± 15.53	35.89 ± 10.00
HbA1c (%)	9.6 ± 2.3	9.3 ± 2.3	9.9 ± 2.1
Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L)	7.92 ± 1.81	8.11 ± 1.64	7.90 ± 2.61
Fasting insulin (μIU/mL)	6.04 ± 3.06	5.74 ± 3.16	6.56 ± 2.60
HOMA-β (%)	33.56 ± 22.99	28.37 ± 15.82	43.74 ± 31.91^#
HOMA-IR	2.13 ± 1.27	2.10 ± 1.36	2.23 ± 0.98
tOC (ng/mL)	4.08 ± 0.95	4.03 ± 0.91	4.31 ± 1.06
ucOC (pg/mL)	19.91 ± 9.76	21.04 ± 12.66	21.16 ± 10.53

^∗∗𝑃<0.01 when compared with all the objects. *𝑃<0.05 when compared with all the objects. ^##𝑃<0.01 when compared with the male objects. ^#𝑃<0.05 when compared with the male objects.