Clinical Study

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

Table 4

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

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

Gender (female/male)9/1511/31//
Age (year) 47.8 ± 13.3
BMI (kg/m2) 25.16 ± 2.84*
Course of DM (month) 52.6 ± 36.4
sCr (μmol/L) 76.6 ± 9.4
Ca (mmol/L) 2.38 ± 0.13
Ostase (μg/L) 13.00 ± 3.13
PTH (ng/L) 38.34 ± 10.78
Postmenopausal ratio22/2441/42//
Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L) 8.37 ± 1.74*7.38 ± 1.238.45 ± 1.74*
Fasting insulin (μIU/mL)
HbA1c (%)
HOMA-β (%)
HOMA-IR 2.36 ± 1.331.59 ± 1.102.35 ± 1.44*

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