Research Article

High Serum Advanced Glycation End Products Are Associated with Decreased Insulin Secretion in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Brief Report

Table 3

Serum AGEs levels.

AGE
CEL
(ng/mL)
CML
(ng/mL)
MG-H1
(ng/mL)

T2DM ()15.4 ± 6.621.0 ± 7.027.2 ± 20.7
Non-DM ()9.8 ± 2.215.1 ± 4.217.5 ± 8.2
value<0.001<0.01NS

Data are mean ± standard deviation. AGEs: advanced glycation end products; CEL: carboxyethyllysine; CML: carboxymethyllysine; MG-H1: methyl-glyoxal-hydro-imidazolone; T2DM: study participants with type 2 diabetes mellitus; Non-DM: nondiabetic study participants; NS: not significant.