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. 2015 May 13;38(8):1544–1550. doi: 10.2337/dc14-2775

Table 2.

Changes in metabolic variables and fitness by treatment arm in Look AHEAD participants with adiponectin data

Overall sample with adiponectin data (n = 1,397)
Men and women
Men
Women
Variable* ILI (n = 732) DSE (n = 665) P value†† ILI (n = 315) DSE (n = 284) P value†† ILI (n = 417) DSE (n = 381) P value††
∆ in LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) −3.8 (26.3) −4.2 (28.6) 0.76 −4.9 (26.3) −3.8 (27.6) 0.61 −2.9 (26.3) −4.5 (29.3) 0.4
∆ in TG (mg/dL) −20 (−69, 15) −5 (−43, 27) <0.0001 −32 (−84, 6) −5 (−46, 28) <0.0001 −14 (−55, 23) −5 (−41, 27) 0.03
∆ in HDL-cholesterol(mg/dL) 3.5 (6.9) 1.3 (6.6) <0.0001 4.0 (6.3) 1.7 (5.8) <0.0001 3.1 (7.4) 1.0 (7.0) <0.0001
∆ in HbA1c (%) −0.7 (1.0) −0.2 (0.9) <0.0001 −0.8 (1.1) −0.3 (0.8) <0.0001 −0.6 (0.9) −0.2 (0.9) <0.0001
∆ in HbA1c (mmol/mol) −7.7 (10.9) −2.2 (9.8) −8.7 (12.0) −3.3 (8.7) −6.6 (9.8) −2.2 (9.8)
Δ in weight (kg) −8.7 (7.6) −0.7 (5.1) <0.0001 −10.2 (8.0) −0.6 (4.5) <0.0001 −7.6 (7.0) −0.7 (5.5) <0.0001
Δ in waist (cm) −7.4 (9.4) −0.9 (8.2) <0.0001 −8.8 (9.7) −1.1 (9.4) <0.0001 −6.4 (9.0) −0.8 (7.2) <0.0001
Δ in fitness (MET), submaximal 1.0 (1.4) 0.2 (1.1) <0.0001 1.2 (1.5) 0.2 (1.2) <0.0001 0.9 (1.3) 0.2 (1.0) <0.0001
Δ in adiponectin (µg/mL) 0.5 (−0.4, 1.7) 0.0 (−0.8, 0.9) <0.0001 0.9 (−0.1, 1.8) 0.1 (−0.6, 0.9) <0.0001 0.3 (−0.6, 1.6) −0.1 (−1.0, 0.9) <0.0001
 % ∆ 11.9
(−7.2, 37.5) 0.2
(−15.6, 20.1) 23.6
(−2.2, 45.5) 2.8
(−14.6, 21.8) 6.2
(−9.6, 28.6) −1.5
(−17.8, 18.5)
Δ HMW-adiponectin (µg/mL) 0.3
(−0.1, 1.1) 0.0
(−0.4, 0.5) <0.0001 0.44
(−0.03, 1.16) 0.05
(−0.35, 0.48) <0.0001 0.27
(−0.21, 0.91) −0.03
(−0.44, 0.46) <0.0001
 % ∆ 21.1
(−6.4, 60.9) 0.9
(−20.1, 28.0) 35.9
(−1.3, 76.6) 3.3
(−18.9, 31.9) 14.8
(−10.6, 43.8) −1.5
(−20.4, 23.2)
Subset with adiponectin and body composition data (n = 490)
Men and women
Men
Women
ILI (n = 245) DSE (n = 245) P value†† ILI (n = 80) DSE (n = 90) P value†† ILI (n = 165) DSE (n = 155) P value††
∆ in body composition
∆ in total body fat (kg) −5.97 (4.45) 0.01 (3.63) <0.0001 −6.47 (4.87) 0.01 (2.83) <0.0001 −5.72 (4.23) 0.02 (4.03) <0.0001
∆ in total lean mass (kg) −2.78 (2.25) −0.22 (1.82) <0.0001 −3.25 (2.50) −0.21 (1.64) <0.0001 −2.55 (2.08) −0.22 (1.93) <0.0001

Data shown as mean (SD), unless otherwise noted.

TG, triglycerides.

†Median (interquartile range).

*1-year change (Δ) from baseline expressed as follow-up minus baseline values.

††For difference between ILI and DSE.