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World J Diabetes. Mar 15, 2026; 17(3): 113947
Published online Mar 15, 2026. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v17.i3.113947
Published online Mar 15, 2026. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v17.i3.113947
Table 1 Clinical parameters of non-diabetic control subjects, type 2 diabetes and diabetic kidney disease patients, mean ± SD
| NDC | Newly T2D | T2D | DKD | P value, a/b/c | |
| N (females) | 132 (43.2%) | 135 (43.0%) | 399 (41.1%) | 154 (35.1%) | |
| Age (years) | 55 ± 17 | 52 ± 14 | 55 ± 16 | 60 ± 14 | 0.548/0.192/0.005 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.2 ± 5.2 | 25.1 ± 4.1 | 25.5 ± 3.7 | 25.6 ± 3.7 | 0.994/0.725/0.995 |
| SBP (mmHg) | 135 ± 18 | 130 ± 16 | 135 ± 18 | 141 ± 20 | 0.029/0.047/0.001 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 85 ± 15 | 83 ± 9 | 82 ± 11 | 81 ± 13 | 0.729/0.812/0.649 |
| FBG (mol/L) | 5.6 ± 1.9 | 9.2 ± 4.1 | 8.0 ± 3.3 | 8.1 ± 3.7 | < 0.001/0.002/0.992 |
| HbA1c (%)/(mmol/mol)1 | 6.0 ± 1.5/42.4 ± 16.1 | 10.1 ± 2.7/86.5 ± 26.3 | 8.8 ± 2.2/72.7 ± 23.9 | 9.2 ± 2.1/77.1 ± 23.0 | < 0.001/< 0.001/0.204 |
| Fc-peptide (ng/mL) | 1.94 ± 1.34 | 1.59 ± 0.97 | 1.83 ± 1.08 | 2.04 ± 1.65 | 0.124/0.245/0.266 |
| UACR (mg/g) | 8.6 ± 11.5 | 11.7 ± 12.9 | 142.5 ± 51.6 | 914.3 ± 346.7 | 0.996/0.214/< 0.001 |
| SCr (μmol/L) | 70.2 ± 25.3 | 63.0 ± 15.2 | 72.5 ± 25.4 | 120.1 ± 106.2 | 0.650/0.235/< 0.001 |
| BUN (mmol/L) | 7.9 ± 3.1 | 5.4 ± 1.6 | 6.8 ± 6.8 | 9.6 ± 14.3 | 0.146/0.492/0.016 |
| LDL (mmol/L) | 2.6 ± 0.6 | 3.1 ± 0.9 | 2.8 ± 0.9 | 2.8 ± 1.0 | < 0.001/0.027/0.995 |
| HDL (mmol/L) | 1.3 ± 0.3 | 3.5 ± 0.8 | 1.3 ± 0.3 | 1.3 ± 0.3 | 0.063/0.014/0.996 |
| TG (mmol/L) | 1.7 ± 1.2 | 2.0 ± 1.7 | 2.2 ± 2.7 | 2.2 ± 2.3 | 0.708/0.936/0.992 |
| TC (mmol/L) | 4.4 ± 0.9 | 4.9 ± 1.3 | 4.7 ± 1.3 | 4.8 ± 1.3 | 0.004/0.298/0.959 |
| AST (U/L) | 21.8 ± 14.8 | 19.5 ± 16.5 | 20.6 ± 18.5 | 19.3 ± 13.7 | 0.649/0.897/0.825 |
| ALT (U/L) | 31.3 ± 32.2 | 26.6 ± 22.9 | 24.9 ± 31.7 | 20.8 ± 14.7 | 0.528/0.935/0.431 |
Table 2 Physical exercise and metabolic parameters of the healthy subjects at the baseline and after physical exercise, mean ± SD
| Characteristics | Baseline | PiPy | Changes | P value1 |
| BW (kg) | 67.74 ± 12.96 | 68.80 ± 12.36 | 1.11 ± 2.28 | 0.373 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 22.18 ± 3.64 | 22.59 ± 3.47 | 0.43 ± 0.85 | 0.218 |
| Hipline (m) | 93.91 ± 7.44 | 93.64 ± 10.06 | -0.27 ± 9.81 | 0.747 |
| Sit-and-reach (cm) | 7.03 ± 8.28 | 14.84 ± 7.58 | 7.87 ± 6.84 | < 0.0001 |
| Handgrip (N) | 36.93 ± 7.47 | 43.03 ± 10.84 | 5.95 ± 10.13 | < 0.0001 |
| 1000 m-run (minutes) | 4.08 ± 0.53 | 3.73 ± 0.42 | -0.35 ± 0.34 | < 0.0001 |
| PA (°) | 5.40 ± 0.57 | 5.54 ± 0.46 | 0.14 ± 0.37 | 0.005 |
| SBP (mmHg) | 118.67 ± 10.24 | 116.17 ± 11.27 | -2.50 ± 9.32 | 0.013 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 68.28 ± 7.07 | 65.19 ± 9.69 | -3.10 ± 8.48 | < 0.0001 |
| HR (bmp) | 80.70 ± 12.09 | 70.79 ± 10.21 | -10.09 ± 10.96 | <0.0001 |
| Relafat value (%) | 15.85 ± 8.02 | 17.34 ± 7.52 | 1.49 ± 2.40 | 0.041 |
| Abdfat value (%) | 11.54 ± 7.71 | 12.67 ± 7.61 | 1.12 ± 1.89 | 0.116 |
| HDL-C (mmol/L) | 1.48 ± 0.22 | 1.50 ± 0.40 | 0.02 ± 0.31 | 0.592 |
| LDL-C (mmol/L) | 2.54 ± 0.78 | 1.65 ± 0.66 | -0.89 ± 0.54 | < 0.0001 |
| TG (mmol/L) | 1.00 ± 0.57 | 0.79 ± 0.56 | -0.21 ± 0.51 | < 0.0001 |
| TC (mmol/L) | 4.48 ± 0.83 | 3.51 ± 0.83 | -0.97 ± 0.75 | < 0.0001 |
| FBG (mmol/L) | 3.62 ± 0.41 | 4.51 ± 0.67 | 0.89 ± 0.74 | < 0.0001 |
| INS (uIU/mL) | 6.82 ± 4.80 | 5.28 ± 2.28 | -1.55 ± 4.64 | 0.013 |
| HOMA-IR | 1.11 ± 0.78 | 1.05 ± 0.49 | -0.06 ± 0.77 | 0.598 |
- Citation: Li N, Li YP, Xu Q, Xu J, Yu YH, Su J, Shen C, Yu JY, Gu HF. SLC30A8 promoter hypermethylation is associated with type 2 diabetes and diabetic kidney disease in a Chinese population. World J Diabetes 2026; 17(3): 113947
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