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. 2014 Nov 11;1(1):80–89. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2014.11.001

Table 2.

Primary outcomes.

Metabolic syndrome
Adiposity No treatment
MES + HS
Baseline No treatment Δ no treat Baseline MES + HS ΔMES + HS p value
Visceral fat area (cm2) 148.4 ± 6.4 143.2 ± 6.8 − 5.2 147.4 ± 6.6 134.7 ± 6.4 − 12.7 0.037
SubQ fat area (cm2) 191.7 ± 9.5 191.0 ± 9.6 − 0.7 190.3 ± 9.1 187.4 ± 8.5 − 2.9 0.321
Total fat area (cm2) 340.1 ± 13.2 334.3 ± 13.0 − 5.9 337.7 ± 12.7 322.1 ± 12.0 − 15.6 0.019
BMI (kg/m2) 26.8 ± 0.5 26.7 ± 0.6 − 0.04 26.8 ± 0.4 25.8 ± 0.4 − 0.10 0.328
Wc (cm) 94.1 ± 1.0 93.9 ± 1.0 − 0.2 93.9 ± 1.1 92.9 ± 1.1 − 1.0 0.033



Glucose control
Blood glucose at 0 min (mg/dL) 112.3 ± 1.8 110.1 ± 2.4 − 2.2 112.7 ± 1.8 106.7 ± 2.5 − 6.0 0.029
Insulin at 0 min (μIU/mL) 11.4 ± 1.0 11.7 ± 1.0 0.3 10.4 ± 0.8 9.3 ± 0.7 − l.l 0.049
HOMA-IR 3.2 ± 0.3 3.2 ± 0.3 0.05 2.9 ± 0.2 2.5 ± 0.2 − 0.4 0.024
Insulinogenic index 1.7 ± 0.4 1.4 ± 0.3 − 0.3 1.7 ± 0.4 1.0 ± 0.1 − 0.7 0.042
HOMA-β 87.8 ± 9.0 88.8 ± 7.3 1.0 78.7 ± 6.5 84.0 ± 6.7 5.3 0.732
QUICKI 0.33 ± 0.01 0.33 ± 0.01 − 0.003 0.33 ± 0.01 0.34 ± 0.01 0.01 0.09
Composite WBISI 3.2 ± 0.2 3.5 ± 0.2 0.3 3.3 ± 0.2 4.0 ± 0.3 0.7 0.029
Glucose AUC 334.2 ± 10.6 330.4 ± 12.3 − 3.8 337.2 ± 12.4 325.1 ± 12.9 − 12.1 0.150
IRI AUC 152.6 ± 10.6 148.1 ± 12.2 − 4.5 145.3 ± 9.6 139.4 ± 9.7 − 5.9 0.385
HbAlc (%) 5.24 ± 0.09 5.23 ± 0.08 − 0.01 5.29 ± 0.08 5.22 ± 0.09 − 0.07 0.143



Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Adiposity No treatment
MES + HS

Baseline No treatment Δ no treat Baseline MES + HS ΔMES + HS p value

Visceral fat area (cm2) 186.0 ± 9.8 187.1 ± 9.3 l.l 191.8 ± 9.5 179.9 ± 7.0 − 20.9 0.003
SubO fat area (cm2) 160.4 ± 11.1 170.0 ± 12.6 9.6 167.8 ± 12.4 169.9 ± 12.5 2.1 0.041
total fat area (cm2) 346.4 ± 19.2 357.1 ± 20.7 10.7 359.6 ± 20.6 340.8 ± 17.6 − 18.8 0.005
BMI (kg/m2) 27.8 ± 0.8 27.8 ± 0.8 − 0.02 27.8 ± 0.8 27.4 ± 0.8 − 0.4 0.027
Wc (cm) 97.7 ± 2.0 100.5 ± 3.1 2.8 97.9 ± 2.1 95.2 ± 1.8 − 2.7 0.021



Glucose control
Fasting blood glucose (mg/dL) 147.7 ± 7.1 148.2 ± 6.2 0.5 148.6 ± 6.2 133.1 ± 5.4 − 15.5 0.000 l
Fasting insulin (μIU/mL) 14.3 ± 2.1 13.6 ± 1.6 − 0.7 15.0 ± 2.0 11.1 ± 1.6 − 3.9 0.024
HOMA-IR 5.5 ± 0.9 5.1 ± 0.7 − 0.4 5.7 ± 0.9 3.8 ± 0.5 − 1.9 0.009
HOMA-β 73.2 ± 11.4 65.4 ± 8.4 − 7.8 70.8 ± 9.4 66.8 ± 12.4 − 4.0 0.362
HbAlc (%) 7.35 ± 0.17 7.29 ± 0.1 − 0.06 7.27 ± 0.17 6.78 ± 0.14 − 0.49 0.009

The results of MES + HS intervention data compared to no treatment period. Values are expressed as mean ± S.D. Other abbreviations are the same as Table 1.