Association of TCF7L2 mutation and atypical diabetes in a Uruguayan population

Table 2 Clinical characteristics of the atypical and classical diabetes cases

	Atypical diabetes, n = 92	Classical diabetes, n = 85	P
Age (yr)	61.29 ± 13.08	65.74 ± 9.93	0.011b
Age ( yr)	43.36 ± 12.62	45.93 ± 14.67	0.304
BMI (kg/m2)	32.22 ± 5.48	31.32 ± 5.96	0.288
HbA1c, %	8.27 ± 1.80	8.27 ± 1.77	0.993
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	5.18 ± 1.14	5.53 ± 1.16	0.044a
HDL (mmol/L)	1.24 ± 0.29	1.32 ± 0.33	0.080
LDL (mmol/L)	2.84 ± 1.02	3.26 ± 1.11	0.010b
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	2.24 ± 1.40	2.24 ± 1.4	0.991
TG/HDL	4.47 ± 3.41	4.43 ± 4.73	0.941

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01, for all parameters. BMI: Body mass index; HbA1c: Glycated hemoglobin; HDL: High-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; LDL: Low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; TG/HDL: Insulin resistance index.