Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Causing Urinary Tract Infections among Controlled and Uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetic Patients at Laquintinie Hospital in Douala, Cameroon
Table 5
Biochemical abnormalities as function of diabetic status and E. coli infection.
Biochemical parameters
Nondiabetics 346 (%)
Diabetics with balanced blood glucose 226 (%)
Diabetics with unbalanced blood glucose levels 279 (%)
value
Yes 14 (4.04%)
No 332 (95.95%)
Yes 36 (15.92%)
No 190 (84.07%)
Yes 75 (26.88%)
No 204 (73.11%)
Escherichia coli
HbA1C
HbA1C abnormal
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
75 (100%)
204 (100%)
<0.001
HDL
Hypocholesterolemia HDL
4 (28.57%)
49 (14.75%)
24 (66.66%)
128 (67.36%)
43 (57.33%)
139 (68.13%)
<0.001
Artherogenicity index total cholesterol/HDL-cholesterol