Table 1 Baseline characteristics of subjects that completed the study (N = 13).

From: Health improvements of type 2 diabetic patients through diet and diet plus fecal microbiota transplantation

Baseline data

Treatment group

p-value

D

DF

Subjects (N)

8

5

 

Gender (M/F)

6/2

3/2

0.63

Age (years)

60.4 ± 12.0

57 ± 13.2

0.65

BMI (kg/m2)

24.8 ± 3.0

25.2 ± 5.0

0.89

Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L)

9.6 ± 3.8

7.1 ± 1.3

0.12

2-h postprandial blood glucose (mmol/L)

15.4 ± 4.6

12.0 ± 2.7

0.12

Glycosylated hemoglobin (%)

8.3 ± 1.7

6.9 ± 1.1

0.11

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

4.72 ± 0.97

4.93 ± 1.18

0.0018

Triglyceride (mmol/L)

1.57 ± 0.83

1.96 ± 0.94

0.46

High-density lipoprotein (mmol/L)

1.41 ± 0.27

1.20 ± 0.33

0.27

Low density lipoprotein (mmol/L)

2.66 ± 0.94

3.18 ± 0.86

0.33

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

135 ± 14

133 ± 16

0.84

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

79 ± 11

78 ± 10

0.91

  1. Values are expressed as means ± standard deviation. D diet-only, DF diet-FMT.
  2. Two-tailed Student’s t test for independent-samples were used to compare anthropometric values and biochemical values between groups.
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