Table 3. Variations of indices during intervention.

Term	Lira group (n=52)	Met group (n=75)	t	P
ΔWeight (kg)	4.16 ± 5.32	1.98 ± 3.282	2.01	0.000
ΔBMI (kg/m2)	−1.31 ± 0.98	−0.69 ± 0.942	3.22	0.000
ΔWHR	0.04 ± 0.02	0.02 ± 0.012	3.08	0.000
ΔTC (mmol/l)	−0.29 ± 0.71	−0.26 ± 0.80	0.17	0.939
ΔTG (mmol/l)	−0.31 ± 1.44	−0.33 ± 1.06	−0.11	0.904
ΔLDL (mmol/l)	−0.19 ± 0.63	−0.16 ± 0.71	0.20	0.646
ΔHDL (mmol/l)	0.02 ± 0.50	0.03 ± 0.61	0.10	0.827
ΔALT (U/l)	−27.32 ± 15.96	−15.85 ± 11.382	5.73	0.0002
ΔAST (U/l)	−7.89 ± 7.87	−6.98 ± 5.111	2.03	0.048
ΔAST/ALT	0.23 ± 0.08	0.11 ± 0.091	−1.02	0.043
ΔFPG (mmol/l)	−1.09 ± 0.83	−1.12 ± 0.80	0.08	0.581
Δ2hPG (mmol/l)	−4.16 ± 3.01	−2.63 ± 2.28	2.03	0.0221
ΔHbA1C (%)	−0.91 ± 0.65	−0.89 ± 0.57	1.30	0.203
ΔHOMA-IR	−0.57 ± 0.36	−0.56 ± 0.49	0.89	0.367
ΔAPN (mg/l)	2.22 ± 1.86	1.30 ± 0.762	−7.37	0.001
ΔCRP (mg/l)	−0.89 ± 0.59	−0.61±0.531	2.59	0.018

Compared with the Lira group.

¹P<0.05

²P<0.01.