Table 1.

Effect of diet on weight, BMI, HbA1c and fasting lipids. Sixteen obese patients with type 2 diabetes started at month 0 on a diet with the proportions: 20 % carbohydrates, 30 % protein and 50 % fat. The figures shown are before, 3, 6 and 22 months after the dietary change

Months	0	3	P*	6	P*	22	P*
Weight (kg)	100.6 ± 14.7	91.9 ± 14.7	<0.001	89.2 ± 14.3	<0.001	92.0 ± 14.0	<0.001
BMI (kg/m2)	36.1 ± 4.2	33.0 ± 4.5	<0.001	32.0 ± 4.3	<0.001	32.9 ± 3.5	<0.001
HbA1c (%)	8.0 ± 1.5	5.9 ± 0.7	<0.001	6.6 ± 1.0	<0.001	6.9 ± 1.1	<0.001
Lipids(mmol/l)
Tot-Chol.	5.6 ± 1.2	5.8 ± 1.1	0.4	6.1 ± 1.1	0.06	5.7 ± 1.2	0.9
HDL-Chol.	1.1 ± 0.2	1.2 ± 0.2	<0.002	1.3 ± 0.2	<0.001	1.3 ± 0.3	<0.001
§ Triglycerides	1.4(1;1,8)	1.2(0.8;1,4	0.01	1.4(0.9;1.7)	0.4	1.4(1.2;1.9)	0.9
Chol/HDL	5.4 ± 1.5	5.0 ± 1.5	0.02	5.0 ± 1.7	0.07	4.6 ± 1.6	<0.001
§ TG/HDL	1.4(0.9;1.7)	1.0(0.6;1.2)	0.003	1.0(0.7;1.5)	0.03	1.3(0.8;1.5)	0.2

§ given as median with 25 and 75 percentiles. * p values are for differences from baseline.