A Variation in the Cerebroside Sulfotransferase Gene Is Linked to Exercise-Modified Insulin Resistance and to Type 2 Diabetes

Table 4

Biomedical data from patients and controls displayed according to genotype at SNPs rs2267161. The serum sulfatide and insulin levels are in log units.

		Genotype C/C				Genotype C/T				Genotype T/T
		Controls		Type 2		Controls		Type 2		Controls		Type 2
Male	n	66	—	60	—	52	—	67	—	18	—	12	—
		mean	SD	mean	SD	mean	SD	mean	SD	mean	SD	mean	SD
	Age	58.5	10.4	63.9	7.9	57.7	9.6	65.8	6.8	56.2	10.2	66.9	6.1
	BMI	26.3	2.8	28.3	4.1	26.6	3.1	28	4.3	26.1	2.2	28	5.7
	Sulfatid	2.2	0.7	1.9	0.8	2.2	0.8	1.9	0.8	2.0	0.8	2.0	0.8
	Serum insulin	0.7	0.3	0.9	0.4	0.7	0.4	1.0	0.6	0.6	0.4	1.0	0.2
	Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L)	4.6	0.5	8.4	2.3	4.7	0.5	8.4	2.6	4.7	0.4	8.9	2.2
Female	n	71	—	47	—	68	—	65	—	16	—	14	—
		mean	SD	mean	SD	mean	SD	mean	SD	mean	SD	mean	SD
	Age	58.9	9.7	65.3	8.1	57.7	10	64.1	8.7	61.1	10.9	68.3	5.4
	BMI	27	5.6	29.2	5.4	26.5	4.5	29.9	4.7	26.3	4.7	31	4.7
	Sulfatid	2.3	0.7	2.2	0.8	2.3	0.7	1.9	0.8	2.1	0.7	2	0.8
	Serum insulin	0.6	0.5	1.0	0.3	0.7	0.3	1.1	0.4	0.8	0.4	0.9	0.3
	Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L)	4.7	0.4	7.9	2.0	4.7	0.5	8.1	2.7	4.8	0.5	9.9	4.0