Clinical Study

The Relationship between Serum Osteocalcin Concentration and Glucose Metabolism in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 3

Comparisons between Group tOC-H and Group tOC-L.

ParametersAll the objectsThe male objects
tOC-H ( )tOC-L ( )tOC-H ( )tOC-L ( )

Gender (female/male)12/238/23//
Age (year)
BMI (kg/m2)
Course of DM (month)
sCr (μmol/L)
Ca (mmol/L)
Ostase (μg/L)
PTH (ng/L)
Postmenopausal ratio34/3529/31//
Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L) 8.60 ± 1.73*
Fasting insulin (μIU/mL) 5.27 ± 2.50
HbA1c (%) 10.0 ± 2.3
HOMA-β (%) 23.83 ± 13.58
HOMA-IR 2.01 ± 1.08

The objects were divided into two groups according to the average level of tOC, Group tOC-H and Group tOC-L.
* when compared with Group tOC-H.