Table 2: Plasma glucose, total homocysteine, lipids, lipoproteins folic acid and vitamin B12 in patients and controls

Variables

Patients

Controls

t-value

p-value

n= 70

n= 30

FPG (mmol/L)

7.81±4.04

4.76±0.9

3.922

0.01

tHcy (µmol/L)

10.51±3.92

7.71±2.87

3.232

0.02

TC (mmol/L)

5.46±2.14

4.91±0.71

1.318

ns

TG (mmol/L)

1.02±0.41

0.75±0.24

3.098

0.03

HDLC (mmol/L)

1.53±0.43

1.59±0.45

0.501

ns

LDLC (mmol/L)

2.87±0.96

2.88±0.71

0.037

ns

HDLC/TC

0.31±0.1

0.33±0.1

0.738

ns

LDLC/TC

0.55±0.13

0.58±0.1

1.251

ns

Folic acid (µg/L)

52.65 ± 0.98

59.34 ± 1.09

-3.88

p<0.001

Vitamin  B12 (µg/L)

48.47 ± 0.74

58.48 ± 1.51

-6.61

p<0.001

FPG = Fasting Plasma Glucose; tHcy= Total Homocysteine; TC= Total Cholesterol; TG= Triglyceride; HDLC= High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol; LDLC= Low density Lipoprotein Cholesterol; mmol/L= millimol per litre; µmol/L= micromol per litre;  ns= not significant