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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 7, 2026; 32(13): 115649
Published online Apr 7, 2026. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v32.i13.115649
Published online Apr 7, 2026. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v32.i13.115649
Table 4 Baseline characteristics stratified by type 2 diabetes mellitus-lean and non- type 2 diabetes mellitus non-lean phenotypes before and after propensity score matching in primary biliary cholangitis patients, median (interquartile range)/n (%)
| Variable | Before propensity score matching | After propensity score matching | ||||||
| Overall | T2DM lean | Non-T2DM non-lean (n = 257) | P value | Overall | T2DM lean | Non-T2DM non-lean (n = 111) | SMD | |
| Age (years) | 57 (49-66) | 60 (53-69) | 54 (48-64) | < 0.001 | 60 (53-69) | 59 (53-68) | 61 (53-69) | 0.071 |
| Female | 311 (80.57) | 104 (80.62) | 207 (80.54) | 0.986 | 181 (81.5) | 89 (80.18) | 92 (82.88) | 0.069 |
| Laboratory parameters | ||||||||
| TBil (μmol/L) | 22.65 (13.98-71.25) | 35.2 (16.35-109.45) | 20.5 (13.1-50.55) | < 0.001 | 28.35 (15.48-90.5) | 33.9 (15.7-96.4) | 25.1 (15.3-71) | 0.08 |
| Albumin (g/L) | 36 (30.48-40.8) | 31.5 (27.35-36.75) | 38 (33.75-42.1) | < 0.001 | 33.75 (28.55-38.3) | 32.7 (27.9-38) | 34.3 (29.1-38.3) | 0.06 |
| ALT (U/L) | 47 (28-95) | 39 (24-89) | 53 (32.5-99) | 0.003 | 46 (26.75-91.25) | 38 (23-87) | 50 (33-96) | 0.046 |
| ALP (U/L) | 55.5 (35-103) | 60 (32.5-109.5) | 55 (37-99) | 0.336 | 199 (130-320.5) | 197 (115-339) | 201 (152-312) | 0.021 |
| Platelets (× 109/L) | 166.5 (94-236) | 127 (69.5-184) | 186 (113-246) | < 0.001 | 144.5 (75-198.25) | 143 (71-188) | 150 (79-203) | 0.034 |
| INR | 1.02 (0.94-1.18) | 1.13 (0.97-1.26) | 1.0 (0.94-1.12) | < 0.001 | 1.05 (0.96-1.22) | 1.1 (0.95-1.2) | 1.01 (0.96-1.2) | 0.009 |
| Immunological markers | ||||||||
| AMA-M2 positive | 274 (70.98) | 103 (79.84) | 171 (66.54) | 0.007 | 173 (77.9) | 86 (77.48) | 87 (78.38) | 0.022 |
- Citation: Yin TT, Lin HY, Zhou M, Li JW, Mo QL, Wang HJ, Chen J, Zhu HL, Li YT, Zheng MY, Yang JH. Lean type 2 diabetes mellitus is an independent predictor of mortality in primary biliary cholangitis. World J Gastroenterol 2026; 32(13): 115649
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- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v32.i13.115649