Obese and lean cases of type 2 diabetes, subdivided according to treatment (insulin, oral, or diet) to show sex, age, and BMI
| Obese type 2 diabetic subjects* | Lean type 2 diabetic subjects | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insulin | Oral | Diet | Insulin | Oral | Diet | |||||
| n | 17 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Sex (F/M) | 10/7 | 5/11 | 1/6 | 1/2 | 4/2 | 2/5 | ||||
| Age (years) | 65.9 ± 1.7 | 61.9 ± 3.7 | 59.7 ± 4.7 | 82.0 ± 3.5 | 78.2 ± 3.4 | 81.1 ± 3.0 | ||||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 38.3 ± 1.5 | 38.5 ± 2.1 | 36.5 ± 2.0 | 23.6 ± 0.5 | 23.3 ± 0.8 | 21.2 ± 0.7 | ||||
Data are means ± SE.
* In one obese type 2 diabetic subject, the treatment was unknown.