Table 2 Baseline and 2-year follow-up medical data in the SLS and the control groups.

From: The Smart Life Stay (SLS) program: effects of a lifestyle intervention program in combination with health tourism and health guidance for type 2 diabetes

Continuous variables

SLS

(n = 792)

P-value

Control

(n = 3645)

P-value

Baseline

2-year

Baseline

2-year

Sex

(male/female)

559/233

  

3335/310

  

Age

53.87 ± 0.37

  

51.60 ± 0.13

  

BW (kg)

71.37 ± 0.51

69.62 ± 0.50

<0.001***

73.02 ± 0.21

73.07 ± 0.21

0.487

BMI (kg/m2)

25.83 ± 0.14

25.23 ± 0.15

<0.001***

25.61 ± 0.06

25.66 ± 0.06

0.039*

WC (cm)

89.48 ± 0.35

88.03 ± 0.36

<0.001***

88.67 ± 0.15

89.05 ± 0.16

<0.001***

SBP (mmHg)

126.22 ± 0.55

126.28 ± 0.62

0.922

127.82 ± 0.22

128.52 ± 0.27

0.009**

DBP (mmHg)

78.71 ± 0.41

78.17 ± 0.46

0.152

80.20 ± 0.16

80.70 ± 0.17

0.003**

TG (mg/dl)

143.05 ± 3.40

129.39 ± 3.79

<0.001***

145.72 ± 1.77

145.47 ± 2.08

0.9

HDL-C (mg/dl)

57.25 ± 0.55

59.02 ± 0.56

<0.001***

56.94 ± 0.25

57.93 ± 0.26

<0.001***

LDL-C (mg/dl)

131.64 ± 1.16

126.10 ± 1.16

<0.001***

127.06 ± 0.51

125.51 ± 0.59

0.004**

FPG (mg/dl)

107.46 ± 1.26

107.72 ± 1.03

0.843

111.86 ± 0.45

115.23 ± 0.48

<0.001***

HbA1c (%)

6.09 ± 0.03

6.05 ± 0.03

0.112

6.09 ± 0.01

6.21 ± 0.01

<0.001***

AST (IU/l)

25.77 ± 0.42

24.61 ± 0.53

0.029*

25.42 ± 0.21

25.57 ± 0.31

0.607

ALT (IU/l)

31.89 ± 0.83

27.57 ± 0.79

<0.001***

31.99 ± 0.39

31.20 ± 0.43

0.052

γGTP (IU/l)

48.15 ± 1.62

43.32 ± 1.68

<0.001***

54.09 ± 0.89

54.48 ± 1.05

0.623

  1. Values are mean (SE).
  2. SLS Smart Life Stay program group.
  3. *P-value < 0.05, **P-value < 0.01, ***P-value < 0.001 (baseline vs. 2 year).