Low Bone Turnover Markers in Young and Middle-Aged Male Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 1

Comparison of characteristics between diabetic patients and controls.

Variables	Patients with T2DM ()	Nondiabetic controls ()
Age (y)			0.285
Diabetic duration (y)	4.0 (1.0, 9.0)	—	—
Height (cm)			0.220
Weight (kg)			0.097
BMI (kg/m^2)			0.294
SBP (mmHg)			0.347
DBP (mmHg)			0.470
FBG (mmol/l)			<0.001
HbA1c (%)		—	—
INS (mIU/l)	9.28 (5.32, 13.73)	—	—
C-P (ng/ml)	1.59 (1.15, 2.16)	—	—
TG (mmol/l)	2.32 (1.42, 3.23)	1.22 (0.85, 1.86)	<0.001
TC (mmol/l)			<0.001
HDL-c (mmol/l)			0.020
LDL-c (mmol/l)			<0.001
Ca (mmol/l)			0.193
P (mmol/l)			0.118
TP (g/l)			0.897
ALB (g/l)			0.825
ALT (IU/l)			0.782
AST (IU/l)			0.554
ALP (IU/l)			0.410
Cr (μmol/l)			0.639
SUA (μmol/l)			0.932
BUN (mmol/l)			0.641

y: years; T2DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus; BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; FBG: fasting blood glucose; HbA1c: haemoglobin A1c; INS: fasting insulin; C-P: fasting C-peptide; TG: triglyceride; TC: total cholesterol; HDL-c: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-c: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; Ca: calcium; P: phosphorus; TP: total protein; ALB: albumin; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALP: alkaline phosphatase; Cr: serum creatinine; SUA: serum uric acid; BUN: blood urea nitrogen. value < 0.05 was considered significant.