Comparison of Metformin and Repaglinide Monotherapy in the Treatment of New Onset Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in China

Table 2

Serum lipids are compared before and after metformin or repaglinide treatment.

Parameters	Before treatment	After treatment
Group metformin
TG (mmol/L)	1.96±0.13	1.65±0.11^∗∗
TC (mmol/L)	5.32±0.12	5.02±0.11^∗
HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.27±0.06	1.26±0.04
LDL-C (mmol/L)	3.32±0.09	3.04±0.09^∗
Group repaglinide
TG (mmol/L)	2.04±0.16	1.79±0.14^∗
TC (mmol/L)	5.30±0.14	5.16±0.13
HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.35±0.07	1.29±0.04
LDL-C (mmol/L)	3.30±0.13	3.20±0.11

Data are means and standard errors. ^∗𝑃<0.05; ^∗∗𝑃<0.01.