Implication of Salivary Biochemical Parameters for Diagnosis and Prognosis of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 1

Comparison of means of various demographic and anthropometric data between diabetic and healthy control.

Variables		Diabetic (n = 150)	Control (n = 150)	p
Age (years)		55.86 ± 12.13	52.4 ± 10.79	0.135
Gender	Male	71 (47.3%)	74 (49.3%)	0.841
	Female	79 (52.7%)	76 (50.7%)
WC (cm)		90.48 ± 9.96	90.41 ± 12.19	0.975
HC (cm)		97.82 ± 9.68	96.18 ± 9.7	0.399
BMI (kg/m^2)		26.02 ± 4.25	26.02 ± 3.76	0.995
SBP (mmHg)		121.3 ± 14.03	115.3 ± 9.5	0.014
DBP (mmHg)		78.8 ± 7.18	74.7 ± 6.73	0.004
HbA1c (%)		7.16 ± 0.66	5.5 ± 0.27	<0.001
Duration of diabetes (years)		8.74 ± 8.11	—	—
Complication			—	—
Hypertension		72 (47%)
CVD		36 (23%)
Renal dysfunction		24 (16%)
Retinopathy		15 (10%)
PVD		6 (4%)

WC, waist circumference; HC, hip circumference; BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; CVD, cardiovascular disease; PVD, peripheral vascular disease; All the values expressed in mean ± SD; independent student’s t-test used to analyze mean comparison; Chi-square test used to analyze the comparison between the categorical variable; Bold indicates the level of significance ().