Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients in the diet intervention and usual diet groups.

From: Impact of diet intervention on visceral adipose tissue and hepatic fat in patients with obesity or type 2 diabetes: a randomized trial

 

All

Diet intervention

Usual diet

(n = 86)

(n = 43)

(n = 43)

Age (y)

48.0 ± 11.5

46.5 ± 10.5

49.5 ± 12.4

Male sex, n (%)

16 (18.6%)

9 (20.9%)

7 (16.3%)

Body weight (kg)

76.3 ± 16.1

78.2 ± 18.6

74.4 ± 13.3

BMI (kg/m2)

29.6 ± 4.6

30.1 ± 5.2

29.1 ± 4.0

BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2

81 (94.2%)

41 (95.3%)

40 (93.0%)

Type 2 diabetes

16 (18.6%)

7 (16.3%)

9 (20.9%)

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

137.5 ± 18.0

137.6 ± 17.5

137.4 ± 18.6

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

80.0 ± 9.7

79.1 ± 10.1

80.8 ± 9.2

Heart rate (bpm)

79.7 ± 12.4

81.7 ± 12.4

77.6 ± 12.2

Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dl)

94.7 ± 23.9

92.8 ± 15.1

96.7 ± 30.3

HbA1C (%)

6.1 ± 0.9

6.0 ± 0.7

6.1 ± 1.1

Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

201.0 ± 36.1

198.4 ± 30.4

203.5 ± 41.3

Triglyceride (mg/dl)

129.6 ± 78.5

114.8 ± 42.0

144.3 ± 101.3

HDL (mg/dl)

54.9 ± 12.5

53.5 ± 9.9

56.2 ± 14.7

Calculated LDL (mg/dl)

120.2 ± 33.2

122.0 ± 27.0

118.4 ± 38.7

AST (U/L)

23.8 ± 12.5

22.5 ± 11.9

25.1 ± 13.0

ALT (U/L)

25.0 ± 19

26.1 ± 22.7

24.0 ± 14.6

Alkaline phosphatase (U/L)

71.9 ± 19.3

73.2 ± 20.2

70.6 ± 18.5

Albumin (g/dl)

4.8 ± 2.5

5.1 ± 3.4

4.4 ± 1

Serum creatinine (mg/dl)

0.7 ± 0.2

0.7 ± 0.2

0.7 ± 0.2

Sodium (mmol/L)

139.9 ± 2.2

140 ± 2.5

139.8 ± 2

Potassium (mmol/L)

4.0 ± 0.7

3.9 ± 0.7

4.0 ± 0.8

Uric acid (mg/dl)

5.3 ± 1.2

5.2 ± 1.2

5.4 ± 1.1

Hs-CRP (mg/L)

4.4 ± 7.1

5.4 ± 9.5

3.4 ± 3.2

Urine albumin/Urine Cr (mg/g.cr)

19.8 ± 45.9

27.8 ± 61.3

11.9 ± 19.3

Body fat mass (%)

38.7 ± 6.5

39.5 ± 5.4

37.9 ± 7.4

Visceral adipose tissue area (mm2)

12 629.0 ± 5818.6

13 001.3 ± 5586.3

12 256.6 ± 6084.9

Hepatic fat (%)

7.9 ± 7.2

8.6 ± 7.8

7.2 ± 6.5

  1. Data are presented as the means (± SD) for continuous variables or as frequencies and percentages for categorical variables.
  2. ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; BMI, body mass index; Cr, creatinine; HbA1C, hemoglobin A1C; HDL, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; hs-CRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.