(c) Baseline correlations within the placebo group (N=45)

	Age	Illness duration	Height	Weight	Waist	Hip	BMI	W/H ratio	FG	2h-PG	HbA1c
Age	1
Duration of disease	0.023	1
Height	0.109	0.056	1
Weight	0.099	-0.127	.647∗∗	1
Waist	0.024	-0.267	.323∗	.829∗∗	1
Hip1	0.156	-0.02	.366∗	.859∗∗	.777∗∗	1
BMI	0.061	-0.218	0.116	.830∗∗	.840∗∗	.851∗∗	1
W/H ratio	-0.14	-.415∗∗	0.109	.374∗	.728∗∗	0.137	.404∗∗	1
FG	-0.08	0.293	-0.039	0.144	0.238	0.249	0.205	0.081	1
2h-PG	0.035	-0.08	.323∗	.455∗∗	.388∗∗	.336∗	.348∗	0.252	0.007	1
HbA1c	0.19	-0.103	0.03	0.176	0.199	0.232	0.188	0.042	.359∗	0.192	1

∗, Pearson correlation was significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).

∗∗, Pearson correlation was significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).