A Cross-Sectional Study Demonstrating Increased Serum Amyloid A Related Inflammation in High-Density Lipoproteins from Subjects with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and How This Association Was Augmented by Poor Glycaemic Control

Table 2

Serum hsCRP and Serum, HDL₂ and HDL₃ SAA concentration.

Analyate	Comparison 1			Comparison 2
	Control group ()	T1DM group ()	-test	T1DM group HbA1c <8.34% ()	T1DM group HbA1c ≥8.34% ()	-test
Serum-hsCRP (mg/L)	1.97 (1.00, 2.38)	2.89 (1.00, 4.40)	0.162	2.56 (1.00, 2.30)	3.24 (1.30, 4.93)	0.355
Serum-SAA (g/L)	16241 (7275, 17645)	23837 (8133, 40737)	0.088	15885 (8060, 18945)	30706 (7984, 47986)	0.031
Protein-standardised SAA
HDL2 (µg/mg protein)	3.00 (0.97, 4.12)	5.63 (1.65, 7.63)	0.003	4.97 (1.41, 4.42)	6.23 (2.06, 9.94)	0.096
HDL3 (µg/mg protein)	3.48 (1.37, 3.55)	5.95 (2.31, 9.57)	0.005	4.50 (1.18, 5.01)	7.34 (2.35, 12.29)	0.028
Nonprotein standardised SAA
HDL2 (µg/L)	690 (242, 951)	1674 (379, 1990)	0.004	1260 (357, 1408)	2055 (541, 2589)	0.085
HDL3 (µg/L)	8951 (3326, 8966)	15972 (4625, 23331)	0.005	10362 (3883, 13315)	21151 (6846, 33534)	0.019

Results expressed as mean (SD) or when data was not normally distributed as geometric mean (interquartile range).