Paremeters Before After P value
BMI  (kg/m2) 25.54 ± 3.06 24.27 ± 2.77 0.000***
FPG (mmol/L) 9.13 ± 3.50 6.29 ± 0.90 0.000***
PPG (mmol/L) 18.60 ± 6.26 8.80 ± 1.90 0.000***
FINS (mU/L) 7.67 ± 6.27 12.98 ± 4.80 0.000***
PINS (mU/L) 49.61 ± 24.73 34.76 ± 12.35 0.000***
HOMA-IR 3.48 ± 4.01 3.65 ± 1.42 0.777
HbAlC (%) 8.66 ± 2.55 6.74 ± 0.99 0.000***
TG (mmol/L) 2.98 ± 3.15 1.65 ± 1.11 0.004**
CHO (mmol/L) 5.19 ± 1.50 4.60 ± 0.86 0.010**
LDL-C (mmol/L) 2.98 ± 1.11 2.91 ± 0.68 0.556
HDL-C (mmol/L) 1.21 ± 0.32 1.17 ± 0.25 0.248
Table 3: The basic clinical characteristics of all T2DM patients before and after metformin treatment (n=44).