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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 7.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2015 Aug 28;40(2):275–280. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2015.174

Table 2.

Percent change from baseline at 6 and 12 months in clinical characteristics and levels of adipokines and biomarkers of inflammation and oxidative stress from cohort 1 (N = 39)

6 months
Mean % change (95%CI)
12 months
Mean % change (95%CI)
Baseline vs. 6 months p-value Baseline vs. 12 months p-value
Weight (kg) −27.3%
(−26.0 to 28.6%)
−32.4%
(−30.5 to −34.4%)
p<0.001 p<0.001
BMI (kg/m2) −27.3%
(−25.9 to −28.7%)
−32.6%
(−30.8 to −34.7%)
p<0.001 p<0.001
Glucose (mg/dL) −5.4%
(11.4 to −13.8%)
−9.3%
(−5.0 to −13.4%)
p=0.233 p<0.001
Insulin (μU/mL) −57.7%
(−49.0 to −65.5%)
−66.4%
(−59.8 to −71.6%)
p<0.001 p<0.001
HOMA-IR −61.1%
(−52.8 to −68.1%)
−68.8%
(−62.2 to −74.2%)
p<0.001 p<0.001
IL-6 (pg/mL) −16.7%
(16.2 to −39.9%)
−43.1%
(−15.6 to −61.8%)
p=0.045 p=0.008
TNF-α (pg/mL) 19.4%
(59.1 to −4.4%)
7.5%
(−44.2 to 15.5%)
p=0.751 p=0.213
Leptin (ng/mL) −57.6%
(−39.6 to −70.9%)
−60.6%
(−45.5% to −73.2%)
p=0.001 p=0.001
MCP-1 (pg/mL) −3.7%
(6.5 to −13.9%
−11.8%
(3.7 to −19.9%)
p=0.221 p=0.160
Resistin ng/mL) 6.1%
(17.5 to −4.7%)
3.4%
(12.9 to −5.3%)
p=0.983 p=0.599
OxLDL (U/L) −5.1%
(3.4 to −13.8%)
−12.5%
(−6.4 to −18.5%)
p=0.072 p=0.001
Adiponectin (μg/mL) 107.6%
(159.8 to 70.1%)
153.7%
(198.0 to 115.3%)
p<0.001 p<0.001

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. IL-6 = interleukin-6; TNF-α = tumor necrosis factor-alpha; MCP-1 = monocyte chemo-attractant protein-1; OxLDL = oxidized LDL cholesterol