Table 1.

Patient characteristics

	Age	Sex	Years with type 2 diabetes	Comorbidities	Fasting frequency/duration
Patient 1	40	Male	20	Hypertension. Hypercholesterolaemia.	3×/week for 7 months
Patient 2	52	Male	25	Chronic kidney disease. Renal cell carcinoma (nephrectomy 2004). Hypertension. Hypercholesterolaemia.	3×/week for 11 months
Patient 3	67	Male	10	Hypertension. Hypercholesterolaemia.	Alternating days for 11 months