Table 2.

Temporal changes in hemoglobin A1c and the components of the lipid profile

	Baseline	Week 8	Week 16	Week 24	Week 24 − baseline
HbA1c (%)	7.1 ± 0.7	7.3 ± 0.9	7.4 ± 0.9	7.5 ± 0.9	0.4 ± 0.6
		(P = 0.016)	(P < 0.001)	(P < 0.001)
TC (mg/dL)	194.6 ± 21.3	184.4 ± 27.8	185.5 ± 29.0	174.5 ± 29.4	−20.0 ± 32.0
		(P = 0.011)	(P = 0.038)	(P < 0.001)
LDL-C (mg/dL)	108.9 ± 16.5	98.2 ± 22.7	100.1 ± 24.6	91.6 ± 24.5	−17.3 ± 29.9
		(P = 0.018)	(P = 0.061)	(P < 0.001)
HDL-C (mg/dL)	60.1 ± 13.2	60.5 ± 13.9	61.3 ± 14.9	59.4 ± 15.7	−0.7 ± 10.5
		(P = 0.700)	(P = 0.429)	(P = 0.643)
TG (mg/dL)	127.4 ± 50.8	128.7 ± 52.2	130.9 ± 52.6	117.6 ± 42.1	−9.8 ± 44.1
		(P = 0.830)	(P = 0.574)	(P = 0.145)
Non-HDL-C (mg/dL)	134.4 ± 15.7	128.4 ± 22.5	127.9 ± 26.3	116.5 ± 26.2	−17.9 ± 30.2
		(P = 0.044)	(P = 0.854)	(P < 0.001)

Data are expressed as mean ± SD

SD standard deviation, HbA1c hemoglobin A1c, TC total cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG triglyceride, Non-HDL-C non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol