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Baseline characteristics of study participants1 |
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| PED arm |
MED arm |
P value |
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| n2 |
25 |
19 |
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| Sex |
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| Men |
9 |
6 |
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| Women |
16 |
13 |
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| Age, year |
53.3 ± 2.4 |
51.7 ± 2.1 |
0.65 |
| Wt, kg |
95.3 ± 3.8 |
99.6 ± 3.6 |
0.42 |
| Waist, cm |
106.9 ± 2.0 |
111.6 ± 3.0 |
0.18 |
| BMI, kg/m2 |
33.2 ± 0.8 |
35.2 ± 0.9 |
0.09 |
| BP, mmHg |
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| Systolic |
129.7 ± 3.5 |
132.8 ± 3.6 |
0.54 |
| Diastolic |
87.0 ± 2.3 |
85.2 ± 2.0 |
0.57 |
| Fasting glucose, mmol/L |
5.49 ± 0.10 |
5.63 ± 0.11 |
0.40 |
| Fasting insulin, pmol/L |
82.65 ± 8.33 |
110.43 ± 13.13 |
0.07 |
| HbA1c,% |
5.7 ± 0.1 |
6.0 ± 0.1 |
0.02 |
| Cholesterol, mmol/L |
6.57 ± 0.15 |
6.67 ± 0.20 |
0.71 |
| LDL, mmol/L |
4.39 ± 0.173 |
4.64 ± 0.204 |
0.34 |
| TG, mmol/L |
2.78 ± 0.22 |
2.37 ± 0.23 |
0.21 |
| HDL, mmol/L |
0.98 ± 0.05 |
1.02 ± 0.05 |
0.65 |
| TG/HDL |
3.07 ± 1.7 |
2.50 ± 1.4 |
0.23 |
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1Values for continuous variables are means ± SE 2Subjects completing at least 8 weeks of study 3Data from 23 subjects 4Data from 17 subjects | |||
Lerman et al. Nutrition & Metabolism 2008 5:29 doi:10.1186/1743-7075-5-29 |
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