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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetes Educ. 2014 Jun 20;40(5):626–637. doi: 10.1177/0145721714539736

Table 5.

Cardiometabolic risk changes (n=13)

Metabolic risk cut-offs Having metabolic risk
n (%)
Mean ± SD p-
value
Effect size

Pre Post Pre Post
BMI Obesity ≥ 35.0 41.0±7.3
(ranges: 31.0 – 51.3)
40.1±7.0
(ranges : 30.7–51.8)
.027 −0.13
Weight (pound) N/A 255.9 ± 56.2
(ranges : 186.3– 363.8)
249.5±51.5
(ranges : 184.3 – 340.2)
.031 −0.12
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) ≥130mmHg 4 2 124.9±17.5
(ranges :105–161)
117.5±16.8
(ranges : 82–149)
.052 −0.43
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) ≥ 85 mmHg 2 2 76.3 ±14.6
(ranges: 56–109)
74.7±11.7
(ranges:61–103)
.665 −0.12
Fasting glucose (mg/dL) ≥100mg/dL 3 3 92.5±11.3
(ranges: 81–118)
97.6±14.3
(ranges: 82–140)
.112 0.39
A1C (%) ≥ 5.7% 11 6 6.0±0.5
(ranges: 5.2–6.8)
5.6±.5
(ranges: 4.9–7.0)
.007 −0.76
Insulin (mmol) N/A N/A N/A 28.2±13.1
(ranges:15.3–64.7)
26.4±15.5
(ranges: 16.2–63.9)
.497 −0.13
hsCRP N/A N/A N/A 8.5±9.5
(ranges: 1.6–37.8)
7.7±6.0
(ranges :1.7 – 22.4)
.614 −0.09
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) ≥200 mg/dL 3 3 182.3±23.9
(ranges : 134–221)
184.9±18.8
(ranges: 155–224)
.636 0.12
Triglyceride(mg/dL) ≥150 mg/dL 2 2 97.9±48.6
(ranges: 39–208)
109.5±61.4
(ranges : 45–246)
.318 0.21
LDL (mg/dL) ≥100mg/dL 8 10 114.3±26.3
(ranges:78–151)
117.0±18.3
(ranges:89–150)
.520 0.12
HDL (mg/dL) < 40 in men;
< 50 in women
48.5±13.2
(31–71)
46.2±8.9
(29–62)
.367 −0.21