3. Results
STM, T2D, overweight
OBESE
A total of 80 newly diagnosed T2D patients were included in the analysis, 58.8% male and 41.3% female. All subjects completed the 12-month follow-up period with no dropouts. Their average age at baseline was 54.04 ± 9.41 years, and the average BMI was 29.74 ± 4.91 kg/mBaseline C-Pep did not differ between sexes (females vs males: 2.48 ± 0.26 ng/mL vs 2.16 ± 0.15 ng/mL, p = 0.246). Upon STM, a difference in response was noted between females and males. Absolute ΔC-Pep (1.92 ± 0.33 ng/mL vs 1.04 ± 0.14 ng/mL, p = 0.030) and relative ΔC-Pep% (0.80 ± 0.14% vs 0.50 ± 0.08%; p = 0.048) were both higher in females.Average baseline C-Pep in all 80 newly diagnosed T2D patients positively correlated with BMI (Subjects that were normally nourished (NN), overweight (OW), or obese (OB) did not differ in age. Baseline C-Pep was lower in NN, compared to OW (p = 0.050) and OB (p = 0.020). There was no difference in baseline C-peptide levels between OW and OB subjects (