TABLE 1.

Body weight, BMI, and body composition in control subjects and patients with type 2 diabetes before and after weight loss

	Control	P value, control vs. before weight loss	Before weight loss	After weight loss	P value, before vs. after weight loss
n	10		8	8
Body weight (kg)	77 ± 4	NS	86 ± 3	78 ± 3	0.002
BMI (kg/m2)	25.2 ± 1.0	<0.005	30.1 ± 0.9	27.5 ± 0.8	0.002
Fat mass (kg)	18.5 ± 2.1	NS	23.6 ± 2.1	20.0 ± 1.6	0.009
Fat mass (%)	24.3 ± 2.6	NS	27.6 ± 2.5	25.7 ± 2.2	0.02
Lean body mass (kg)	58.1 ± 3.6	NS	62.0 ± 3.2	58.5 ± 3.2	0.0003
Truncal fat mass (kg)	7.60 ± 1.13	<0.005	13.09 ± 1.22	10.72 ± 0.80	0.007

Data are means ± SE.