Table 7 Characteristics of the groups of patients used for confirmation by real-time pcr

Age (years)

59.2

59.9

59.3

p = 0.99

0.82

0.87

Sex (m/f)

6/0

7/1

4/0

1

1

1

Height (cm)

172.2

178.5

178.0

0.10

0.16

0.94

Weight (kg)

84.2

103.2

101.7

0.006

0.09

0.87

BMI (kg/m2)

28.5

32.2

31.7

0.07

0.24

0.94

Waist (cm)

102.1

112.3

118.0

0.02

0.26

0.58

Syst BP (mm Hg)

143.5

137.7

126.5

0.09

0.42

0.09

Diast BP (mm Hg)

85.3

86.3

78.8

0.33

0.76

0.19

FPG (mmol/l)

8.4

6.4

5.5

0.0002

<0.0001

0.008

HbA1c (%)

6.6

5.8

5.4

0.01

0.03

0.22

Tot Chol (mmol/l)

4.8

5.2

5.0

0.79

0.35

0.60

HDL (mmol/l)

1.1

1.6

1.5

0.002

0.007

0.85

LDL (mmol/l)

3

3.1

3.1

0.85

0.69

0.90

TG (mmol/l)

1.9

1.1

0.8

0.04

0.03

0.08