Disease Markers

Research Article

Associations of Perilipin 3 with Insulin Resistance in Arab Adults with Type 2 Diabetes

Table 4

Clinical characteristics of males and females according to studied groups.


Parameters	Males				Females
Parameters	HL	OND	OD	value	HL	OND	OD	value

N (M/F)	41	46	40		44	54	55
Age (years)		^B	^A	0.009		^B	^A	<0.001
BMI (kg/m²)		^A	^A	<0.001		^A	^A	<0.001
WHR		^B		0.03		^B	^A	0.004
SBP (mmHg)		^A	^A	<0.001		^AB	^A	<0.001
DBP (mmHg)		^A	^A	0.002		^AB	^A	<0.001
Glucose (nmol/L)		^B	2^A	<0.001		^B	^A	<0.001
TC (nmol/L)				0.08		^B	^A	<0.001
HDL (nmol/L)				0.09			^A	<0.001
TG (nmol/L)	1.5 (1.1-2.0)	2.0 (1.2-2.6)^B	2.5 (1.8-3.9)^A	<0.001	1.0 (0.8-1.2)	1.4 (1-1.8)^AB	2.0 (1.5-3.1)^A	<0.001
Insulin (μIU/mL)	4.1 (2.3-6.3)	9.9 (7-17.2)^AB	17.5 (8-49)^A	<0.001	3.0 (1.8-7.4)	7.3 (4-12)^AB	12.0 (6-4)^A	<0.001
HOMA-IR	0.82 (0.4-1.4)	2.3 (1.2-3.8)^AB	8.8 (4-22)^A	<0.001	0.7 (0.4-1.6)	1.5 (0.8-2.4)^B	6.4 (2.6-13)^A	<0.001
PLIN3 (ng/mL)	10.6 (2.2-43.6)	5.2 (0.9-35.2)	3.4 (0.9-17.6)	0.14	25.9 (9.5-36.6)	20 (7-27)^B	9.7 (2.2-25)^A	0.007

Note: data presented as for normal and median (interquartile range for nonnormal variables). Superscript “ indicates significant difference from HL, and superscript “B” indicates significance compared to OND. Significant at . BMI: body mass index; BP: blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; HOMA-IR: homeostasis insulin resistance; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglycerides; WHR: waist-hip ratio.