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 4

Comparison of selected laboratory and anthropometric examinations, raw, and after adjustment for T. gondii infection status between the T2DM () and control groups (). BHS, Western Australia.

Parameter	T2DM	Control		T2DM			Control
				IgG POS	IgG NEG		IgG POS	IgG NEG
Height (cm)			0.787			0.455			0.234
Weight (kg)			<0.01			0.704			0.963
BMI (kg/m^2)			<0.01			0.307			0.490
Waist (cm)			<0.01			0.091			0.197
SBP (mmHg)			0.043			0.164			0.080
DBP (mmHg)			0.111			0.471			0.140
Hb (g/L)			0.764			0.123			0.547
Hct (L/L)			0.544			0.122			0.666
RCC^			0.105			0.271			0.577
RDW (%)			0.296			<0.01			<0.01
WCC			0.016			0.112			0.086
Lymph (×10^12/L8)			0.020			0.864			0.753
Mono			0.051			0.044			0.579
Eosin			0.735			0.824			0.401
Baso			0.523			0.962			0.114
Neutro			0.039			0.064			0.032
Platelets			0.849			0.096			0.348
MCV (fL)			0.041			0.448			0.699
TP (g/L)			0.833			0.460			0.413
Alb (g/L)			0.210			0.931			0.055
Bili (μmol/L)			0.587			0.633			0.087
Gluc (mmol/L)			<0.01			0.223			0.223
Insulin (mU/L)			<0.01			0.516			0.175
CRP (mg/L)			0.065			0.173			0.770
Chol (mmol/L)			0.033			0.923			0.400
HDL (mmol/L)			<0.01			0.637			0.898
LDL (mmol/L)			0.066			0.545			0.624
Trig (mmol/L)			<0.01			0.331			0.230
ALP (U/L)			0.051			0.055			0.390
ALT (U/L)			0.069			0.178			0.736
Creat (μmol/L)			0.883			0.199			0.766

Values are shown as . T2DM: subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus; : number of subjects; +: subjects in which T. gondii IgG antibodies were detected; -: subjects in which T. gondii IgG antibodies were not detected; BMI: body mass index; cm: centimeter; kg: kilogram; kg/m²: kilogram force per square meter; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; mmHg: millimeters of mercury; Hb: haemoglobin; Hct: haematocrit; RCC: red cell count; RDW: red cell distribution width; WCC: white cell count; MCV: mean cell volume; TP: total protein; Alb: albumin; Bili: bilirubin; Gluc: glucose; Chol: cholesterol; Trig: triglycerides; CRP: c-reactive protein; HDL: high-density lipoproteins; LDL: low-density lipoproteins; ALP: alkaline phosphatase; ALT: alanine transaminase; Creat: creatinine. Units are recorded as absolute counts (×10⁹ cells/mL), or ^(×10¹² cells/L).