Clinical Study

Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor and Malondialdehyde as Potential Predictors of Vascular Risk Complications in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Cross-Sectional Case Control Study in Saudi Arabia

Table 2

Levels of the studied potential predictors of diabetic complications in the different group.

ParametersNormal control
Controlled DM
Uncontrolled DM
value

MIF (ng/mL)
 Mean ± SD1.8 ± 0.383.79 ± 0.759.58 ± 1.66<0.001
 Median (min–max)1.8 (1.09–2.5)4.07 (0.9–4.6)9.7 (1.1–11.2)
MDA (nmol/L)
 Mean ± SD1.23 ± 0.671.5 ± 0.954.5 ± 1.5<0.001
 Median (min–max)1.43 (0.09–2.1)1.014 (0.58–4.05)3.88 (2.2–7.75)
LDL-C/HDL-C
 Mean ± SD0.99 ± 0.201.35 ± 0.594.41 ± 4.05<0.001
 Median (min–max)1.04 (0.48–1.22)1.25 (0.0–3.04)3.64 (1.52–27)
TG/HDL-C
 Mean ± SD0.869 ± 0.2362.36 ± 2.115.47 ± 3.24<0.001
 Median (min–max)0.79 (0.58–1.51)1.88 (0.89–12.11)4.62 (1.7–14.43)

Controlled DM versus control group.
Uncontrolled DM versus control group.
Uncontrolled DM versus controlled DM groups.
: number of cases.
Significant ( value < 0.05).
Highly significant ( value < 0.001).