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Table 2 Glycemic control, cardiovascular risk, and oxidative stress markers of selected participants (n = 292)

From: Association of vitamin C status in diabetes mellitus: prevalence and predictors of vitamin C deficiency

Parameter

Sufficient (serum vitamin C > 0.6 mg/dL)

Insufficient (serum vitamin C 0.6 to 0.3 mg/dL)

Deficient (serum vitamin C < 0.3 mg/dL)

Glycemic control markers

 Fasting blood sugar, mg/dL*

154.2 ± 10.5 a

181.4 ± 10.2 b

196.4 ± 8.4 b

 HbA1C, %*

7.1 ± 0.2 a

8.1 ± 0.3 b

8.1 ± 0.2 b

Cardiovascular risk markers

 High-density lipoprotein (HDL), mg/dl*

47.2 ± 2.6 a

43.2 ± 2.1 ab

37.6 ± 1.9 b

 Triglycerides (TG), mg/dL*

159.6 ± 2.2 a

154.6 ± 1.5 a

194.5 ± 6.1 b

 Total cholesterol (TC), mg/dL*

187.4 ± 4.4 a

191.2 ± 2.6 a

214.5 ± 1.94 b

 Framingham Risk Score*

15.4 ± 1.9 a

17.2 ± 1.6 ab

19.4 ± 2.1 b

Oxidative stress marker

 Malondialdehyde, μmol/L*

0.84 ± 0.21 a

2.15 ± 0.54 b

2.96 ± 0.94 b

  1. All values are mentioned as mean ± SEM unless stated otherwise
  2. abNo significant variation when compared to both the groups
  3. *p < 0.05 on performing ANOVA followed by a post hoc analysis. The same alphabet on superscript denotes no significant difference after performing inferential statistics