Table 2.
Anthropometric measures and laboratory values over 2 years
| Baseline (n=211) | Year 1 (n=186) |
Year 2 (n=173) |
P value Year 1 vs baseline |
P value Year 2 vs baseline |
P value Year 2 vs year 1 |
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| Anthropometric measures | ||||||
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 28.78 (4.55) | 29.06 (4.57) | 29.16 (4.62) | 0.09 | 0.018 | 0.08 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 105.43 (12.49) | 105.50 (12.62) | 105.91 (12.31) | 0.13 | 0.30 | 0.07 |
| Waist–height ratio | 0.586 (0.070) | 0.585 (0.070) | 0.588 (0.069) | 0.11 | 0.32 | 0.07 |
| Laboratory values | ||||||
| Cholesterol (mmol/L) | 5.23 (1.33) | 4.41 (1.18) | 4.38 (1.18) | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.49 |
| HDL-C (mmol/L) | 1.27 (0.38) | 1.24 (0.36) | 1.24 (0.37) | 0.26 | 0.26 | 0.16 |
| LDL-C (mmol/L) | 2.94 (1.07) | 2.34 (0.99) | 2.54 (0.95) | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| Triglycerides (mmol/L) | 2.26 (1.36) | 2.12 (1.26) | 2.20 (2.00) | 0.11 | 0.34 | 0.33 |
| Creatinine (µmol/L) | 96.3 (18.4) | 94.7 (19.4) | 93.9 (21.1) | 0.07 | 0.023 | 0.16 |
| eGFR (mL/min per 1.73 m2) | 78.0 (18.8) | 78.8 (19.1) | 79.0 (19.8) | 0.09 | 0.040 | 0.21 |
| Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (mm/hour) | 14.5 (14.2) | 10.4 (10.5) | 10.7 (10.4) | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.31 |
| Serum urate (µmol/L) | 500 (77) | 311 (48) | 324 (70) | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.015 |
Values are mean (±SD). P value with paired samples t test. Statistically significant values are in bold.
eGFR, electronic glomerular filtration rate; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol.