Serum Lipoprotein (a) Levels in Black South African Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients

Table 1

Clinical and metabolic characteristics of type 2 diabetics and healthy controls.

Variable	Control	Diabetic	values
BMI (kg/m^2)	28.1 ± 6.2	31.4 ± 7	0.03
Waist-hip ratio	0.87 (0.85–0.89)	0.92 (0.87–0.94)	<0.01
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	4.8 (3.9–5.4)	4.9 (3.9–5.3)	0.99
HDL (mmol/L)	1.4 (1.1–1.6)	1.2 (1.0–1.4)	0.03
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	1.1 (0.9–1.5)	1.3 (1.1–1.6)	0.02
LDL (mmol/L)	2.8 (2.2–3.2)	2.9 (2.0–3.4)	0.68
CRP (mg/L)	1.7 (1.0–4.2)	4.0 (2.3–7.7)	0.01
TAO capacity (mM)	0.6 ± 0.23	0.5 ± 0.24	0.001
Oxidized LDL (U/L)	73 (51.2–90)	110 (80.7–142.3)	<0.001

Data is shown as mean ± SD (standard deviation) or median (interquartile range). The mean difference is significant at . BMI: body mass index; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; CRP: C-reactive protein.