First Age- and Gender-Matched Case-Control Study in Australia Examining the Possible Association between Toxoplasma gondii Infection and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: The Busselton Health Study

Table 1

Basic descriptive and biometric statistics for the study cohort comparing the case (T2DM subjects) and control (non-T2DM healthy subjects) groups at baseline including age group stratification. BHS, Western Australia.

Parameter	T2DM ()	Control ()		T2DM M ()	Control M ()		T2DM F ()	Control F ()
Average age (years)			N.S			N.S			N.S
Height (cm)			N.S			N.S			N.S
Weight (kg)
Waist (cm)
BMI (kg/m^2)
Diabetes duration (years)		—	—		—	—		—

Values are shown as . M: male subjects; F: female subjects; : number of subjects; cm: centimeter; kg: kilogram; BMI: body mass index; kg/m²: kilogram force per square meter. Level of significance as estimated by the independent samples Student’s -test: N.S: not significant; ; .