Research Article
The Association between Serum Bilirubin Level and Electrochemical Skin Conductance in Chinese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Table 2
Characteristics of 265 T2DM patients enrolled in the study divided by DPN diagnosed by the SUDOSCAN.
| | DPN group () | Non-DPN group () | value |
| | Age (years) | 60.53 ± 13.05 | 58.79 ± 12.21 | 0.257 | | Female (%) | 89 (60.1%) | 79 (67.5%) | 0.902 | | Duration of T2DM (years) | 10.25 ± 7.90 | 8.24 ± 7.61 | 0.048 | | SBP (mmHg) | 130.62 ± 14.57 | 128.17 ± 13.82 | 0.158 | | DBP (mmHg) | 80.71 ± 9.51 | 80.06 ± 8.29 | 0.558 | | HbA1c (%) | 8.62 ± 2.00 | 8.76 ± 2.39 | 0.634 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 24.36 ± 4.05 | 24.59 ± 4.09 | 0.642 | | WHR | 0.94 ± 0.07 | 0.92 ± 0.06 | 0.030 | | ALT (U/L) | 30.71 ± 20.85 | 30.07 ± 20.89 | 0.800 | | AST (U/L) | 23.38 ± 13.90 | 22.66 ± 14.39 | 0.672 | | CHO (mmol/L) | 4.39 ± 1.05 | 4.63 ± 1.39 | 0.124 | | TG (mmol/L) | 1.56 ± 0.88 | 2.11 ± 2.64 | 0.130 | | LDL-C (mmol/L) | 2.61 ± 0.89 | 2.56 ± 0.87 | 0.742 | | HDL-C (mmol/L) | 1.06 ± 0.39 | 1.05 ± 0.36 | 0.809 | | Smokers (%) | 89 (89/133) | 80 (80/115) | 0.864 | | Alcohol consumption (%) | 115 (87.8%) | 99 (86.1%) | 0.708 | | TBil (μmol/L) | 13.90 ± 9.78 | 16.33 ± 14.83 | 0.105 | | CBil (μmol/L) | 5.12 ± 9.76 | 6.84 ± 16.14 | 0.279 | | UCBil (μmol/L) | 8.97 ± 4.47 | 9.48 ± 6.05 | 0.423 | | MNSI score | 3.54 ± 2.46 | 2.44 ± 1.96 | 0.000 | | NSS score | 3.30 ± 2.71 | 2.29 ± 2.26 | 0.000 | | NDS score | 3.38 ± 2.71 | 2.29 ± 2.26 | 0.000 | | Foot ESC (μS) | 44.98 ± 19.89 | 75.68 ± 9.05 | 0.000 | | Hand ESC (μS) | 47.75 ± 17.54 | 73.27 ± 9.67 | 0.000 |
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Data are means (SD) and percentage (%). T2DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus; BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; DPN: diabetic peripheral neuropathy; WHR: waist-hip ratio; HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; CHO: cholesterol; TG: triglyceride; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; TBil: total bilirubin; CBil: conjugated bilirubin; UCBil: unconjugated bilirubin; NSS: neuropathy symptom score; NDS: neuropathy disability score; MNSI: Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument; ESC: electrochemical skin conductance. value was calculated after adjustment for age, sex except for itself. ; . |
