Table 3.
A comparison of the change in markers for the risk of progression from pre-diabetes to type 2 diabetes over time in patients assigned either to a low-fat/low-calorie diet programme with a low-glycaemic-index/low-calorie diet programme over 6 months (analysis of covarience).
| Change from baseline (start of intervention) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Low-fat diet, n = 13, mean (SD) | Low-glycaemic-index diet, n = 20, mean (SD) | Adjusted differenceb (95% CI), P-value | |
| Weight, kg | −3.21 (2.55) | −3.53 (3.34) | 0.3 (−2.0 to 2.6), 0.81 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | −1.14 (0.88) | −1.15 (1.04) | 0.03 (−0.7 to 0.8), 0.93 |
| Abdominal circumference, cm | −3.16 (3.60) | −5.35 (3.88) | 2.1 (−0.7 to 5.0), 0.14 |
| Fasting glucose, mmol/l | −0.11 (0.64) | −0.13 (0.42) | 0.15 (−0.1 to 0.4), 0.31 |
| Total cholesterol, mmol/l | −0.25 (0.61) | −0.41 (0.75) | 0.08 (−0.4 to 0.6), 0.74 |
| Total cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein ratiob | −0.02 (0.62) | −0.3(30.64) | 0.15 (−0.6 to 0.8), 0.66 |
| Triglycerides, mmol/l | −0.08 (0.86) | −0.20 (0.33) | 0.3 (−0.05 to 0.6), 0.09 |
aDifference in the outcomes at 6 months between the two groups, adjusted for baseline.
b
Low-fat diet n = 9, low-glycaemic-index diet n = 9.