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. 2011 Jun 14;36(4):614–624. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2011.107

Table 3. Improvement of obesity-related comorbidities in the course of the 52-week-lifestyle intervention program.

  n T0[%] T1/TEnd [%] T2 [%]
Metabolic syndrome (IDF criteria)
 PP (n (%)) 3893 54% 19%*** 23%***
 ITT (n (%)) 6759 57% 30%***  
         
Hypertriglyceridemia
 PP (n (%)) 3929 24% 11%*** 14%***
 ITT (n (%)) 6734 25% 17%***  
         
Hypercholesterolemia
 PP (n (%)) 3026 17% 13%*** 14%
 ITT (n (%)) 5380 14% 12%**  
         
Fatty liver diseasea
 PP (n (%)) 3504 17% 5%** 5%
 ITT (n (%)) 6102 13% 9%***  
         
Diabetesa
 PP (n (%)) 3814 11% 3%*** 4%***
 ITT (n (%)) 6616 11% 6%***  
Renal failurea
 PP (n (%)) 3940 7% 7% 7%
 ITT (n (%)) 6774 6% 8%  

Abbreviations: IDF, International Diabetes Federation; ITT, intention-to-treat; PP, per protocol analysis.**P<0.01.

***P<0.001 compared with T0 values at T1/TEnd, or compared with T1 values at T2.

a

For definition of disease, see Materials and methods.