Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants.

From: Activation of heat shock response to treat obese subjects with type 2 diabetes: a prospective, frequency-escalating, randomized, open-label, triple-arm trial

 

2 per week

4 per week

7 per week

The number of participants

22

19

19

Age (years)

57·9 ± 9·3

60·7 ± 9·9

59·3 ± 10·0

Female (%)

36·4

26·3

26·3

Diabetes history (years)

7·6 ± 5·2

8·4 ± 5·5

9·0 ± 4·3

Medications

ratio (%)

ratio (%)

ratio (%)

SU

6

27·3

10

52·6

11

57·9

BG

10

45·5

11

57·9

15

78·9

α-GI

1

4·5

4

21·1

3

15·8

glinide

2

9·1

1

5·3

1

5·3

TZD

1

4·5

2

10·5

5

26·3

DPP-4 inhibitor

12

54·5

13

68·4

13

68·4

SGLT2 inhibitor

0

0·0

0

0·0

0

0·0

Adiposity

 Visceral Fat Area (cm2)

151·05 ± 11·84

170·85 ± 9·14

178·85 ± 17·45

 SubQ Fat Area (cm2)

207·3 ± 17·89

206·00 ± 23·52

207·99 ± 21·01

 total Fat Area (cm2)

358·35 ± 25·82

376·85 ± 25·99

386·83 ± 33·34

 BMI (kg/m2)

28·54 ± 0·93

29·22 ± 0·83

29·74 ± 1·10

 Wc (cm)

99·03 ± 1·99

98·90 ± 1·91

102·55 ± 2·87

Glucose control and insulin resistance

 Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL)

150·73 ± 8·77

169·95 ± 9·70

158·84 ± 8·50

 Fasting IRI (µIU/mL)

9·28 ± 1·12

10·94 ± 1·41

9·16 ± 1·32

 HOMA-IR

3·58 ± 0·62

4·79 ± 0·77

3·95 ± 0·81

 HbA1c (%)

7·44 ± 0·13

7·74 ± 0·13

7·77 ± 0·15

 GA (%)

17·99 ± 0·53

19·42 ± 0·67

20·22 ± 0·86

 Adiponectin (µg/mL)

7·05 ± 0·76

6·88 ± 0·72

8·76 ± 0·90

Blood pressure

 Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)

131·77 ± 3·27

133·89 ± 3·45

138·05 ± 2·52

 Diastolic Blood Pressure (mmHg)

77·05 ± 2·19

78·58 ± 1·88

79·74 ± 2·45

 Heart Rate (bpm)

76·59 ± 2·71

78·47 ± 2·24

75·53 ± 3·60

Systemic inflammation

 TNF-α (pg/mL)

1·53 ± 0·16

1·65 ± 0·14

1·77 ± 0·24

 IL-6 (pg/mL)

3·02 ± 0·56

3·11 ± 0·48

3·41 ± 0·42

 hs-CRP (ng/mL)

1793·23 ± 590·35

3070·74 ± 1151·81

1070·05 ± 232·37

 WBC (/µL)

6900·00 ± 412·61

6747·37 ± 320·52

6584·21 ± 291·07

Renal function

 eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)

76·07 ± 3·22

76·53 ± 4·77

77·03 ± 3·57

 ACR (µg/gCre)

79·11 ± 48·76

63·55 ± 23·05

82·32 ± 24·82

 L-FABP (mg/gCr)

4·52 ± 0·93

5·47 ± 0·85

6·41 ± 0·90

Hepatic steatosis and lipids

 AST/ALT

0·77 ± 0·05

0·83 ± 0·06

0·97 ± 0·06

 UA (mg/dL)

5·64 ± 0·37

5·82 ± 0·31

5·28 ± 0·28

 LDL-C (mg/dL)

108·36 ± 6·18

113·63 ± 7·077

106·05 ± 4·70

 HDL-C (mg/dL)

50·55 ± 3·04

53·00 ± 3·31

54·21 ± 3·14

 TG (mg/dL)

185·95 ± 29·78

192·63 ± 36·04

171·21 ± 31·71

 FFA (µEq/L)

617·64 ± 40·25

570·42 ± 49·68

721·63 ± 64·72