Table 3 Clinical characteristics of subjects included in longitudinal studies.

From: Differentially expressed circulating LncRNAs and mRNA identified by microarray analysis in obese patients

 

Baseline

After weight lost

Variation, %

P

BMI (kg/m2)

32.63 ± 4.28

29.86 ± 4.38

−8.49

0.001

Waist circumference (cm)

103.67 ± 9.95

100.63 ± 9.65

−2.93

0.000

Waist-to-hip ratio

0.93 ± 0.05

0.91 ± 0.05

−2.15

0.013

Fasting glucose (mmol/L)

5.35 ± 0.63

5.14 ± 0.40

−3.93

0.408

Fasting insulin (μU/mL)

15.48 ± 11.10

9.79 ± 6.16

−36.76

0.015

HOMA-β (%)

168.59 ± 100.71

116.97 ± 49.34

−30.62

0.066

HOMA-IR

3.82 ± 3.04

2.30 ± 1.68

−39.79

0.019

lncRNA-p5549

0.15 ± 0.08

0.19 ± 0.10

26.67

0.355

lncRNA-p21015

0.49 ± 0.34

0.86 ± 0.69

75.51

0.169

lncRNA-p19461

0.40 ± 0.20

1.68 ± 0.63

320.00

0.001