Table 2.

Clinical characteristics of patients (all women) employed in the study

Parameters	Group 1 (n = 6)	Group 2 (n = 3)	Group 3# (n = 8)
Age (yr)	41.0 ± 4.8	37.0 ± 4.9	45.7 ± 5.0
BMI (Kg/m2)	52.5 ± 6.8	54.3 ± 12.5	45.8 ± 1.7
BMI post weight loss (Kg/m2)			32.2 ± 1.7**
Percentage weight loss (%)			28.6 ± 3.5
Blood Glucose (mg/dl)	105.6 ± 5.1	102.3 ± 5.0	131.2 ± 10.7
Blood Glucose pwl (mg/dl)			84.8 ± 2.3*
Presence of comorbidities	1 DM2, 1 HS, 1 HT	1 HS	4 DM2.
Presence of comorbidities pwl			none

^#For patients belonging to this group, two parameters are reported before and after weight loss (pwl). vs. pre-weight loss paired t-test.

^*p < 0.05,

^**p < 0.01. DM2, type 2 diabetes; HS, hepatic steatosis; HT, hypertension.