Table 1 Baseline patients characteristics

Demographic, mean (SD)

Age (yrs)

40.4 ± 9.4

41.4 ± 9.3

0.681

Sex, female-no.(%)

23 (71.9)

19 (59.4)

0.292

Height (cm)

166.8 ± 6.8

170.3 ± 8.6

0.077

Weight (kg)

88.4 ± 6.8

94.3 ± 13.3

0.055

Body mass index (kg/m²)

31.8 ± 3.0

32.3 ± 2.4

0.374

Waist circumference (cm)

103.0 ± 7.7

104.5 ± 6.8

0.404

Duration of diabetes (yrs)

4.0 ± 1.7

4.2 ± 1.9

0.710

Glycemia, mean (SD)

HbA1c (%)

8.5 ± 1.2

8.9 ± 1.3

0.321

FBG (mmol/L)

10.2 ± 2.7

10.4 ± 2.2

0.700

C-peptide (ng/ml)

2.2 ± 0.7

2.6 ± 1.0

0.062

Serum lipids, mean (SD)

Cholesterol (mmol/L)

5.0 ± 1.1

4.6 ± 0.9

0.092

Triglyceride (mmol/L)

3.2 ± 1.7

3.0 ± 2.0

0.545

HDL (mmol/L)

1.1 ± 0.2

1.0 ± 0.1

0.067

LDL (mmol/L)

3.8 ± 1.1

3.9 ± 0.9

0.702

Medication usage-no.(%)

Oral hypoglycemic

31 (96.9)

30 (93.8)

0.554

Insulin usage

15 (46.9)

18 (56.2)

0.453

Antihypertension

10 (31.2)

12 (37.5)

0.599

Lipid-lowering drug

21 (65.6)

18 (56.2)

0.442