Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of type 2 diabetic patients and the effects of one month following a Mediterranean diet using olive oil, or following a control low-fat diet

	MedDiet baseline	MedDiet 3 months	Control diet baseline	Control diet 3 months
Sex	9M 3F	9M 3F	8M 4F	8M 4F
BMI Kg/m2	29.8 ± 1.4	29.6 ± 1.3	29.2 ± 1.1	29.3 ± 1.1
HbA1c %	8.1 ± 0.5	8.0 ± 0.4	8.0 ± 0.4	8.0 ± 0.6
HbA1c mmol/mol	65 ± 3.2	65 ± 3.0	65 ± 3.0	65 ± 3.3
Resting diastolic blood pressure mm Hg	77.4 ± 1.1	78.6 ± 1.3	78.6 ± 1.2	77.9 ± 1.4
Resting systolic blood pressure mm Hg	116.2 ± 1.3	115.5 ± 1.2	117.1 ± 1.4	116.7 ± 1.5
Total cholesterol mmol/l	4.30 ± 0.3	4.30 ± 0.4	4.27 ± 0.4	4.28 ± 0.3
Triglycerides mmol/l	1.2 ± 0.4	1.3 ± 0.5	1.3 ± 0.2	1.2 ± 0.5
HDL-C mmol/l	1.4 ± 0.2	1.4 ± 0.4	1.3 ± 0.3	1.4 ± 0.4
LDL-C mmol/l	2.2 ± 0.2	2.3 ± 0.4	2.1 ± 0.4	2.2 ± 0.5
FMD %	5.6 ± 0.5	7.9 ± 0.4*	5.5 ± 0.3	5.6 ± 0.6
8-iso-PGF2a (pg/ml)	68.4 ± 3.5	41.3 ± 2.2*	69.4 ± 3.0	68.8 ± 4.1
Nitrotyrosine μmol/l	0.64 ± 0.03	0.35 ± 0.02*	0.65 ± 0.04	0.64 ± 0.06
ICAM-1a (ng/ml)	170.4 ± 11.5	110.5 ± 10.1*	172.4 ± 10.5	173.3 ± 12.4
IL-6 (pg/ml)	230.35 ± 9.4	170.20 ± 8.3*	228.30 ± 10.3	235.55 ± 10.2
FRAP (μmol/l)	903.2 ± 57.2	1,810.3 ± 45.4*	911.6 ± 55.5	913.6 ± 52.4
TRAP (μmol/l)	807.5 ± 87.4	1,508.2 ± 60.1*	810.3 ± 75.2	813.3 ± 77.8

Data are expressed as mean ± SE *p < 0.05 vs baseline.