Aberrant Brain Functional Connectivity Strength and Effective Connectivity in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants.
Characteristics
Patients with type 2 diabetes ()
Healthy controls ()
value
Demographic factors
Sex (female/male)
21/39
15/18
0.322
Age (years)
0.302
Education (years)
0.120
BMI (kg/m2)
0.102
Diabetes-related characteristics
Disease duration (months)1
72 (0~312)
—
—
Onset age (years)1
50 (26~72)
—
—
HbA1c (%)
<0.001
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)
<0.001
1 h postprandial glucose (mmol/L)
—
—
2 h postprandial glucose (mmol/L)
—
—
Fasting insulin (pmol/L)
—
—
1 h postprandial insulin (pmol/L)
—
—
2 h postprandial insulin (pmol/L)
—
—
Clinical variables
Arterial blood pressure
Systolic BP (mmHg)
<0.001
Diastolic BP (mmHg)
0.035
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)
0.094
Triglyceride (mmol/L)
<0.001
High-density lipoprotein (mmol/L)
0.557
Low-density lipoprotein (mmol/L)
0.118
General cognitive assessment
MoCA
0.086
Data are presented as or medians and interquartile ranges (25th–75th percentiles)1. BMI: body mass index; BP: blood pressure; HbA1c: hemoglobin A1c; MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment; was considered significant.
