Table 1

Baseline characteristics of study participants1


PED arm
MED arm
P value

n2
25
19

Sex



     Men
9
6

     Women
16
13





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



     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

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