Table 1.
Baseline Values for Weight Gain Quartiles in Both Treatment Groups*
| Variable | Quartile of Weight Gain | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conventional Group | Intensive Group | |||||||
| First (n=147) |
Second (n=146) |
Third (n=146) |
Fourth (n=147) |
First (n=146) |
Second (n=145) |
Third (n=145) |
Fourth (n=146) |
|
| Age, y | 28 (6) | 29 (6) | 29 (5) | 28 (6) | 28 (6) | 29 (6) | 29 (5) | 29 (6) |
| Men/women, % | 57/43 | 58/42 | 55/45 | 58/42 | 47/53 | 63/37 | 59/41 | 40/60 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 25 (3)†‡§ | 23 (3) | 24 (3) | 24 (3) | 24 (2) | 23 (2) | 23 (3) | 24 (3)†‡ |
| Hemoglobin A1c, % | 8.6 (1.4) | 8.6 (1.6) | 8.9 (1.6) | 8.9 (1.6) | 8.7 (1.6) | 8.5 (1.4) | 8.9 (1.5) | 9.2 (1.5)∥† |
| Triglyceride, mmol/L [mg/dL] | 0.95 (0.72) [84 (64)] |
0.88 (0.47) [78 (42)] |
0.96 (0.61) [85 (54)] |
0.93 (0.56) [82 (50)] |
0.93 (0.49) [82 (43)] |
0.87 (0.49) [77 (43)] |
0.86 (0.3) [76 (27)] |
0.93 (0.43) [82 (38)] |
| Total cholesterol, mmol/L [mg/dL] | 4.58 (0.85) [177 (33)] |
4.52 (0.85) [175 (33)] |
4.60 (0.96) [178 (37)] |
4.58 (0.83) [177 (32)] |
4.78 (0.91) [185 (35)] |
4.45 (0.80)¶ [172 (31)] |
4.58 (0.85) [177 (33)] |
4.68 (0.83) [181 (32)] |
| LDL, mmol/L [mg/dL] | 2.87 (0.75) [111 (29)] |
2.82 (0.75) [109 (29)] |
2.87 (0.83) [111 (32.1)] |
2.84 (0.72) [110 (28)] |
3.00 (0.78) [116 (30.2)] |
2.74 (0.67)∥ [106 (26)] |
2.87 (0.78) [111 (30)] |
2.95 (0.72) [114 (28)] |
| HDL, mmol/L [mg/dL] | 127 (0.31) [49 (12)] |
1.29 (0.34) [50 (13)] |
1.32 (0.34) [51 (13)] |
1.29 (0.31) [50 (12)] |
1.37 (0.31) [53 (12)] |
1.32 (0.34) [51 (13)] |
1.32 (0.34) [51 (13)] |
1.32 (0.31) [51 (12)] |
| Systolic BP, mm Hg | 116 (11) | 115 (11) | 116 (12) | 116 (11) | 114 (11) | 114 (12) | 114 (12) | 114 (12) |
| Diastolic BP, mm Hg | 74 (8.4) | 73 (8.9) | 73 (8.3) | 73 (8.4) | 72 (8.5) | 72 (8.7) | 73 (9.0) | 73 (9) |
*
Results are expressed as mean (SD) unless otherwise indicated. Body mass index is a measure of weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters; LDL indicates low-density lipoprotein; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; and BP, blood pressure.
†
P<.001 vs second quartile.
‡
P<.001 vs third quartile.
§
P<.001 vs fourth quartile.
∥
P<.01 vs first quartile.
¶
P<.001 vs first quartile.