Groups Control T2DMT2DM + CVD P value n 80 80 80   Troponin-T (ng/ml) 0.008± 0.01 0.69± 0.05a 4.71± 1.02a,b 0.01 Ox-LDL (mg/dL) 1.25± 0.35 3.1± 0.53a 3.73 ± 0.59a,b 0.01 IL-1β(pg/mL) 19.2± 1.6 28.8± 2.3a 29.7± 2.1a,b 0.01 Omentin(pg/mL) 58.8± 8 23± 4.9a 20.5 ± 5.4a,b 0.01 Apelin (ng/mL) 0.79± 0.07 1.79± 0.17a 1.99± 0.49a,b 0.01 IL-1β: Interleukin-1β, Ox-LDL: oxidized LDL. Data are presented as mean ± S.D, range. a,bSignificant difference from control and T2DM without CVD groups, respectively. P values are for the comparison between the control and the study groups at significance level ≤ 0.05.

Table 2: Troponin-T, Ox-LDL, IL-1β, Omentin, and Apelin in studied groups