(c) Correlations within the placebo group after the 12-week intervention (N=45)

	Age	Illness duration	Height	Weight	Waist	Hip	BMI	W/H ratio	FG	2h-PG	HbA1c
Age	1
Duration of Illness	0.023	1
Height	0.092	0.07
Weight	0.059	-0.112	.642∗∗	1
Waist	0.066	-0.257	.353∗	.874∗∗	1
Hip	0.088	-0.085	.380∗∗	.872∗∗	.850∗∗	1
BMI	0.012	-0.197	0.147	.849∗∗	.879∗∗	.872∗∗	1
W/H ratio	0.007	-.380∗∗	0.157	.500∗∗	.754∗∗	.297∗	.518∗∗	1
Fasting glucose	-0.085	.305∗	0.001	0.001	0.049	0.078	-0.004	-0.052	1
2h-PG	.345∗	0.217	0.254	.375∗	.337∗	.445∗∗	.316∗	0.044	0.26	1
HbA1c	0.233	0.211	-0.089	-0.011	0.054	0.1	0.032	-0.059	.595∗∗	.431∗∗	1

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

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