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Table 2: Plasma glucose, total homocysteine, lipids, lipoproteins folic acid and vitamin B12 in patients and controls |
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Variables |
Patients |
Controls |
t-value |
p-value |
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n= 70 |
n= 30 |
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FPG (mmol/L) |
7.81±4.04 |
4.76±0.9 |
3.922 |
0.01 |
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tHcy (µmol/L) |
10.51±3.92 |
7.71±2.87 |
3.232 |
0.02 |
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TC (mmol/L) |
5.46±2.14 |
4.91±0.71 |
1.318 |
ns |
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TG (mmol/L) |
1.02±0.41 |
0.75±0.24 |
3.098 |
0.03 |
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HDLC (mmol/L) |
1.53±0.43 |
1.59±0.45 |
0.501 |
ns |
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LDLC (mmol/L) |
2.87±0.96 |
2.88±0.71 |
0.037 |
ns |
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HDLC/TC |
0.31±0.1 |
0.33±0.1 |
0.738 |
ns |
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LDLC/TC |
0.55±0.13 |
0.58±0.1 |
1.251 |
ns |
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Folic acid (µg/L) |
52.65 ± 0.98 |
59.34 ± 1.09 |
-3.88 |
p<0.001 |
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Vitamin B12 (µg/L) |
48.47 ± 0.74 |
58.48 ± 1.51 |
-6.61 |
p<0.001 |
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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 |
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