1Research Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
2Department of Internal Medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea.
3Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
4Department of Family Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
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Values are presented as mean±standard deviation. GDF15, growth differentiation factor-15; NGT, normal glucose tolerance; IFG, impaired fasting glucose; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; BMI, body mass index; TC, total cholesterol; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; WBC, white blood cell; CRP, C-reactive protein; HOMA-IR, homeostatic model assessment-insulin resistance; HOMA-β, homeostatic model assessment β-cell function; AST, aspartate transaminase; ALT, alanine transaminase.
GDF15, growth differentiation factor-15; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; HOMA-IR, homeostatic model assessment-insulin resistance; AST, aspartate transaminase; ALT, alanine transaminase.
CI, confidence interval; HOMA-IR, homeostatic model assessment-insulin resistance; GDF15, growth differentiation factor-15.