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Table 1 Clinical features of all recruited patients with T2D

From: Connections between body composition and dysregulation of islet α- and β-cells in type 2 diabetes

Variables

Total

Men

Women

Test statistic

p value

n

729

414

315

  

Age (year)

55.5 ± 10.8

54.4 ± 10.7

56.9 ± 10.7

− 3.174

0.002

BMI (kg/m2)

25.70 ± 3.60

25.80 ± 3.28

25.56 ± 3.98

0.898

0.370

SBP (mmHg)

134.0 ± 15.2

134.1 ± 14.9

133.9 ± 15.7

0.211

0.833

DBP (mmHg)

81.2 ± 9.9

82.3 ± 9.7

79.7 ± 10.0

3.451

0.001

Diabetes duration (year)

6.0 (3.0− 10.0)

5.0 (2.0− 10.0)

7.0 (3.0− 10.0)

− 1.775

0.076

Antidiabetic treatments

 Drug naive, n (%)

128 (17.6)

79 (19.1)

49 (15.6)

1.537

0.215

 Insulin, n (%)

262 (35.9)

145 (35.0)

117 (37.1)

0.349

0.555

 Secretagogues, n (%)

232 (31.8)

124 (30.0)

108 (34.3)

1.549

0.213

 Metformin, n (%)

340 (46.6)

178 (43.0)

162 (51.4)

5.112

0.024

 TZDs, n (%)

82 (11.2)

50 (12.1)

32 (10.2)

0.660

0.417

 AGIs, n (%)

113 (15.5)

61 (14.7)

52 (16.5)

0.430

0.512

 DPP-4Is, n (%)

62 (8.5)

35 (8.5)

27 (8.6)

0.003

0.955

 SGLT-2Is, n (%)

105 (14.4)

64 (15.5)

41 (13.0)

0.866

0.352

 GLP-1RAs, n (%)

45 (6.2)

26 (6.3)

19 (6.0)

0.019

0.890

Hypertension, n (%)

352 (48.3)

205 (49.5)

147 (46.7)

0.582

0.446

Statins uses, n (%)

132 (18.1)

74 (17.9)

58 (18.4)

0.035

0.852

ALT (U/L)

20 (14− 33)

22 (15− 33)

19 (13− 32)

2.011

0.044

AST (U/L)

18 (14− 25)

18 (13− 25)

19 (15− 25)

− 0.941

0.346

TBI (μmol/L)

11.19 ± 4.83

11.87 ± 4.78

10.30 ± 4.76

4.405

 < 0.001

Albumin (g/L)

38.7 ± 4.3

39.1 ± 4.6

38.2 ± 3.9

2.741

0.006

TG (mmol/L)

1.90 (1.17− 3.22)

1.87 (1.10− 3.44)

1.93 (1.25− 2.88)

− 0.667

0.505

TC (mmol/L)

4.41 ± 1.08

4.33 ± 1.08

4.51 ± 1.07

− 2.222

0.027

HDLC (mmol/L)

1.14 ± 0.27

1.09 ± 0.26

1.20 ± 0.26

− 5.516

 < 0.001

LDLC (mmol/L)

2.82 ± 0.90

2.79 ± 0.91

2.87 ± 0.89

− 1.282

0.2000

UA (μmol/L)

311.6 ± 102.2

331.0 ± 104.5

286.1 ± 93.3

6.016

 < 0.001

eGFR (mL/min/1.73m2)

122.4 ± 34.0

121.3 ± 33.3

123.9 ± 34.9

− 1.019

0.308

HbA1c (%)

8.37 ± 1.85

8.39 ± 1.88

8.33 ± 1.80

0.487

0.627

Bone-free mass (kg)

69.71 ± 12.61

74.03 ± 11.53

64.04 ± 11.70

11.521

 < 0.001

Total fat mass (kg)

21.72 ± 6.39

20.36 ± 5.74

23.51 ± 6.75

− 6.781

 < 0.001

Total lean mass (kg)

47.99 ± 9.29

53.67 ± 7.03

40.53 ± 6.08

26.478

 < 0.001

Total fat/lean ratio

0.463 ± 0.144

0.377 ± 0.087

0.576 ± 0.124

− 25.453

 < 0.001

Trunk fat mass (kg)

12.29 ± 3.75

11.82 ± 3.63

12.90 ± 3.84

− 3.862

 < 0.001

Trunk lean mass (kg)

23.90 ± 4.49

26.47 ± 3.56

20.52 ± 3.16

23.438

 < 0.001

Trunk fat/lean ratio

0.522 ± 0.157

0.444 ± 0.115

0.625 ± 0.144

− 18.862

 < 0.001

Limb fat mass (kg)

8.17 ± 2.91

7.22 ± 2.26

9.43 ± 3.18

− 10.992

 < 0.001

Limb lean mass (kg)

19.96 ± 4.61

22.83 ± 3.51

16.20 ± 2.85

27.380

 < 0.001

Limb fat/lean ratio

0.430 ± 0.177

0.315 ± 0.080

0.581 ± 0.156

− 29.852

 < 0.001

ASMI (kg/m2)

7.10 ± 1.17

7.71 ± 0.96

6.30 ± 0.93

19.835

 < 0.001

ISIC-peptide

649 (417− 1056)

646 (421− 1045)

658 (396− 1082)

− 1.497

0.134

lnISIC-peptide

6.53 ± 0.69

6.52 ± 0.69

6.53 ± 0.70

− 0.173

0.863

AUCC-peptide (ng/mL·h)

8.76 (6.09− 13.19)

8.38 (5.99− 12.70)

9.15 (6.20− 13.97)

− 1.497

0.957

lnAUCC-peptide (ng/mL·h)

2.17 ± 0.61

2.14 ± 0.60

2.21 ± 0.63

− 1.502

0.133

Fasting Glucagon (pg/mL)

121.0 ± 49.3

114.7 ± 48.9

129.3 ± 48.7

− 3.998

 < 0.001

AUCglucagon (pg/mL·h)

482.9 ± 179.3

461.6 ± 169.5

510.9 ± 188.0

− 3.710

 < 0.001

  1. To analyse the differences between the two subgroups of men and women, Student’s t test (t value), the Mann–Whitney U test (standard Z value) or the Chi-square test (x2 value) were performed as appropriate
  2. T2D type 2 diabetes, SBP/DBP systolic/diastolic blood pressure, BMI body mass index, TZDs thiazolidinediones, AGIs α-glucosidase inhibitors, DPP-4Is dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors, SGLT-2Is sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors, GLP-1RAs glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, TBI total bilirubin, TG triglyceride, TC total cholesterol, HDLC high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDLC low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, UA uric acid, HbA1c glycosylated hemoglobin A1c, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, Bone-free mass sum total fat and muscle mass, ASMI appendicular skeletal muscle index, ISIC-peptide C-peptide-substituted Matsuda’s index, lnISIC-peptide natural log-transformed ISIC-peptide, AUCC-peptide C-peptide area under curve during OGTT, lnAUCC-peptide natural log-transformed AUCC-peptide, AUCglucagon glucagon area under the curve during OGTT