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Study design flowchart. After screening and subject characterization, patients were randomly assigned to either 2 weeks of acipimox treatment or 2 weeks of placebo treatment. At the end of both treatments, mitochondrial function, ectopic lipid accumulation, and insulin sensitivity were assessed. After a washout period of 4 weeks, patients entered in the other intervention arm such that all patients served as their own control.
