Table 1.

Baseline characteristic of study participants

Participants	PPT diet	MED diet
Started the intervention [n]	113	112
Completed the intervention [n]	100	100
Age [years]	50.37 ± 7.86	50.92 ± 8.03
Sex [%males]	41%	46%
BMI [kg/m2]	30.68 ± 5.23	30.86 ± 6.01
Time above 140 [h/day]	2.17 ± 1.76	1.84 ± 1.67
HbA1c [%]	5.93% ± 0.26	5.89% ± 0.23
OGTT [mg/dL*h]	99.97 ± 32.50	93.27 ± 33.89

There is no significant difference between the diet groups in any of the baseline characteristics (p > 0.1, two-sided Mann–Whitney U test).

BMI body mass index, Time above 140 daily time of blood glucose levels above 140 mg/dL, HbA1c glycated hemoglobin, OGTT oral glucose tolerance test.