Characteristics of subjects comparing T2D cases and controls.

*Variables are presented as mean (standard deviation). Two-sample independent t-test is used to test the mean differences between cases and controls. †Variables are not normally distributed and are presented as median (25th, 75th percentiles). Wilcoxon rank-sum test is used to compare the median differences between cases and controls. ‡Categorical variables are presented as frequencies (%).χ2 test is used to test whether the distribution between cases and controls is different. §Variables have 59 cases and 55 controls missing.