Research Article

Genome-Wide DNA Methylation in Mixed Ancestry Individuals with Diabetes and Prediabetes from South Africa

Table 1

Characteristics of all participants.

DiabetesPrediabetesControls
Case Case Case MeanCase Case Case MeanCase Case Case Mean

Age, years62525255.352505552.362525255.3
BMI, kg/m235.339.331.235.332.635.230.432.741.334.031.735.6
WaistC, cm120103116113104108116109112938998
HipC, cm118124113118108119129118127124106119
WHR1.020.831.020.960.960.910.900.930.880.750.840.82
SBP, mmHg153183143160178164163168142127137135
DBP, mmHg781306190109101789672759280
S-Creat., mol/L457535526947525662585057
GGT, U/L18422951182220121822209947
ALT, U/L198661552216171812123018
AST, U/L244550402118181921163022
Smoking, yes/noYesYesYesYesNoNoYesYesNo
Cotinine, ng/mL160>50076.3245.494<10<103894.4338<10147.5
TC, mmol/L6.06.08.36.84.94.15.54.83.65.24.74.5
TG, mmol/L1.493.352.512.452.101.211.041.451.221.231.271.24
HDL-C, mmol/L1.091.11.871.351.091.171.421.231.351.081.421.28
LDL-C, mmol/L3.94.25.14.43.12.13.52.91.63.42.72.6
FSI, mIU/L97.968.747.771.477.329.9110.272.572.820.830.141.2
FSI, mIU/L20.721.221.05.75.511.57.610.47.65.37.8
HbA1c, %7.27.56.16.95.06.16.45.85.95.66.15.9
HbA1c, mmol/mol55.258.543.252.331.143.246.440.241.037.743.240.6
FBG, mmol/L9.08.17.88.34.76.26.15.75.42.85.84.7
2-hour PG, mmol/L16.413.85.912.07.810.39.49.27.45.06.16.2
U-CRP, mg/L3.210.45.36.35.215.621.614.123.48.25.912.5
RBC, ×1012/L4.565.074.374.674.864.424.884.723.754.424.824.33
Platelet count, ×109/L284217369290238286305276281152256230
WCC, ×109/L8.610.07.88.87.18.08.98.06.08.34.66.3
Hb, g/dL13.015.112.613.613.613.213.513.46.114.413.611.4
Haematocrit, L/L0.390.460.370.410.420.390.410.410.220.420.410.35
MCV, fL859085878689838657958679
MCH, pg293029292830282916332826
MCHC, g/dL343334343334333329343332
RDW, %14.015.015.214.712.714.114.013.625.314.815.918.7
Neutrophils, ×109/L5.67.24.65.84.54.55.44.82.85.72.93.8
Lymphocytes, ×109/L2.32.02.42.22.13.02.82.62.31.91.41.9
Monocytes, ×109/L0.500.300.400.400.300.300.300.300.720.460.200.46
Eosinophils, ×109/L0.100.400.400.300.200.200.400.270.120.140.100.12
Basophils, ×109/L0.010.010.100.040.010.010.010.010.060.040.010.04

2-hour PG, after 2-hour plasma glucose; 2-hour SI, after 2-hour serum insulin; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FBG, fasting plasma glucose; FSI, fasting serum insulin; GGT, gamma glutamyl transpeptidase; Hb, haemoglobin; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; HipC, hip circumference; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; MCH, mean cell haemoglobin; MCHC, mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration; MCV, mean cell volume; RBC, red blood cell count; RDW, red cell distribution width; S-Creat., serum creatinine; SBP, systolic blood pressure; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglycerides; U-CRP, ultrasensitive C-reactive protein; WaistC, waist circumference; WCC, white cell count; WHR, waist-to-hip ratio.
refers to using the median instead of mean because, since the data is skewed for those parameters, the mean will give a wrong meaning.