| Item | Preserved group (n=74) | Depleted group (n=46) | P value |
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| Age/year | 54.0 (47.8, 64.0) | 60.0 (50.5, 67.3) | 0.096 | | Male/n(%) | 52 (70.3) | 26 (56.5) | 0.125 | | Hypertension/n(%) | 36 (48.6) | 26 (56.5) | 0.401 | | Dyslipidemia/n(%) | 64 (86.5) | 37 (80.4) | 0.529 | | Abdominal obesity/n(%) | 57 (77.0) | 22 (47.8) | <0.001 | | MetS score/n(%) | | | 0.036 | | 1 point or 2 points | 15 (20.3) | 19 (41.3) | | | 3 points | 31 (41.9) | 12 (26.1) | | | 4 points | 28 (37.8) | 15 (32.6) | | | Diabetes duration/year | 5.00 (0, 10.00) | 10.00 (4.00, 20.00) | <0.001 | | Treated with insulin/n(%) | 21 (28.4) | 21 (45.7) | 0.054 | | Waist circumference/cm | 93.20±8.46 | 88.47±8.75 | 0.004 | | Hip circumference/cm | 99.74±6.05 | 94.98±7.83 | <0.001 | | Waist-to-hip ratio | 0.93±0.06 | 0.93±0.06 | 0.848 | | Weight/kg | 74.22±10.75 | 67.40±11.33 | 0.001 | | BMI/(kg·m-2) | 25.46 (24.10, 27.75) | 23.71 (22.70, 25.99) | 0.002 | | FPG/(mmol·L-1) | 7.60 (6.30, 9.90) | 8.15 (6.28, 10.90) | 0.492 | | Fasting insulin/(pmol·L-1) | 64.58 (38.19, 88.89) | 42.36 (18.40, 64.24) | 0.006 | | Fasting C-peptide/(ng·mL-1) | 2.31 (1.62, 2.86) | 1.78 (1.09, 2.26) | 0.003 | | HOMA-IR | 2.73 (1.96, 4.60) | 1.82 (1.19, 2.63) | 0.016 | | HOMA-β | 44.64 (25.29, 73.03) | 26.32 (8.80, 66.71) | 0.082 | | 2 h-PG/(mmol·L-1) | 11.10 (8.90, 14.20) | 11.20 (9.05, 14.45) | 0.779 | | 2 h-insulin/(pmol·L-1) | 165.58 (81.94, 254.17) | 138.89 (57.99, 211.46) | 0.268 | | 2 h-C-peptide/(ng·mL-1) | 4.61 (2.89, 6.43) | 3.29 (2.10, 5.03) | 0.120 | | GA/% | 22.05 (17.93, 28.55) | 25.80 (20.20, 31.20) | 0.086 | | HbA1C/% | 9.35 (7.68, 10.78) | 9.90 (8.45, 11.40) | 0.089 | | ALT/(U·L-1) | 18.50 (13.75, 33.50) | 17.00 (10.75, 25.25) | 0.075 | | AST/(U·L-1) | 18.00 (14.00, 27.35) | 15.00 (12.00, 23.25) | 0.068 | | GGT/(U·L-1) | 26.50 (18.75, 47.50) | 22.00 (15.00, 32.50) | 0.091 | | TBA/(μmol·L-1) | 3.30 (2.15, 5.20) | 3.10 (1.80, 4.33) | 0.444 | | Scr/(μmol·L-1) | 68.00 (60.00, 81.00) | 68.50 (56.75, 82.00) | 0.885 | | eGFR/[mL·(min·1.73m2)-1] | 98.00 (83.00, 108.00) | 92.00 (80.00, 102.75) | 0.232 | | UA/(μmol·L-1) | 337.00 (274.00, 403.00) | 284.00 (241.75, 354.00) | 0.049 | | 24 h-UAE/[mg·(24 h)-1] | 15.85 (8.99, 24.19) | 19.75 (11.26, 32.99) | 0.125 | | TC/(mmol·L-1) | 4.57±1.11 | 4.56±0.92 | 0.956 | | TAG/(mmol·L-1) | 1.62 (1.27, 2.26) | 1.55 (1.05, 2.17) | 0.473 | | LDL-C/(mmol·L-1) | 2.67±0.96 | 2.66±0.86 | 0.934 | | NHDL-C/(mmol·L-1) | 3.34 (2.82, 4.17) | 3.52 (2.64, 4.04) | 0.987 | | HDL-C/(mmol·L-1) | 1.05 (0.91, 1.18) | 1.08 (0.96, 1.24) | 0.308 | | FFA/(mmol·L-1) | 0.54 (0.43, 0.61) | 0.47 (0.33, 0.62) | 0.088 | | Adipo-IR | 4.22 (2.71, 7.11) | 3.11 (1.45,6.25) | 0.040 | | FT3/(pmol·L-1) | 4.50 (4.10, 4.90) | 4.20 (3.65, 4.55) | 0.001 | | FT4/(pmol·L-1) | 16.59±2.78 | 16.99±2.10 | 0.405 | | TSH/(mIU·L-1) | 1.76 (1.10, 2.08) | 1.43 (1.06, 2.36) | 0.359 | | CRP/(mg·L-1) | 1.05 (0.53, 2.08) | 0.90 (0.58, 2.25) | 0.871 | | SAA/(mg·L-1) | 3.50 (3.33, 4.25) | 3.50 (3.20, 5.43) | 0.993 | | ESR/(mm·h-1) | 7.00 (4.00, 13.00) | 10.00 (3.50, 15.00) | 0.385 | | IMT≥1.0 mm/n(%) | 14 (22.2) | 10 (26.3) | 0.640 | | baPWV/(m·s-1) | 15.41 (13.57, 17.83) | 17.63 (14.18, 22.19) | 0.009 | | ABI | 1.16 (1.08, 1.22) | 1.12 (1.06, 1.17) | 0.033 | | CAP/(dB·m-1) | 275.68±52.84 | 267.00±59.18 | 0.478 | | LSM/kPa | 5.65 (4.50, 6.55) | 5.25 (4.33, 6.23) | 0.415 | | VFA/cm2 | 81.91±30.81 | 64.50±29.21 | 0.003 | | SFA/cm2 | 186.30 (156.40, 227.70) | 151.95 (127.15, 190.55) | <0.001 |
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