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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants

From: The role of enteric hormone GLP-2 in the response of bone markers to a mixed meal in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Variable

Group T2D (n = 23)

Group CO (n = 20)

p-value

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Age (years)

59.8 (4.2)

57.8 (3.3)

0.087

Time since menopause (years)

9.8 (4.3)

7.4 (4.5)

0.105

Diabetes duration (years)

13.7 (9.2)

BMI (kg/m2)

30 (3.9)

27 (5.3)

0.044

Femoral neck BMD (g/cm2)

0.78 (0.09)

0.69 (0.08)

0.003

Total hip BMD (g/cm2)

0.93 (0.09)

0.82 (0.09)

<0.001

Lumbar spine BMD (g/cm2)

0.87 (0.09)

0.82 (0.12)

0.17

  1. T2D, type 2 diabetes; CO, control; SD, standard deviation; p-value, Student’s t-test p-value; BMI, body mass index; BMD, bone mineral density.