Table 1

The measured parameters before the dietary change, and current.


January 2004
May 2006

Weight (kg)
102
81
BMI (kg/m 2 )
34.5
27.4
Blood pressure (mm Hg)
135/75
130/75
§HbA1c (%)
9.4
6.5
§Creatinine (μmol/l)
269
215
§BUN (mmol/l)
15.3
14.4
§Urine-albumin (mg/l)
410
104
Cholesterol (mmol/l)
3.7
4.3
HDL (mmol/l)
0.8
1.3
Triglycerides (mmol/l)
1.8
2.1
Ratio Chol/HDL
4.6
3.3
Ratio TG/HDL
2.25
1.6

§ normal range: Creatinine = 60–120 μmmol/l; BUN = 3.2 – 8 mmol/l; urine-albumin <30 mg/l; HbA1c <5.6 %.

Nielsen et al. Nutrition & Metabolism 2006 3:23   doi:10.1186/1743-7075-3-23