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. 2022 Feb 2;14(3):645. doi: 10.3390/nu14030645

Table 2.

Characteristics of obese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus before and 1 year after gastric bypass between the complete remitters of diabetes mellitus (DM-CR) and non-complete remitters of diabetes mellitus (DM-non-CR).

M0 M12
DM-CR
(n = 13)
DM-Non-CR
(n = 22)
p Value DM-CR
(n = 13)
DM-Non-CR
(n = 22)
p Value
Metabolic profile
Body weight (kg) 93.85 ± 16.25 79.42 ± 9.53 0.010 62.6 ± 7.78 64.43 ± 6.38 0.511
BMI (kg/m2) 34.73 ± 5.00 29.79 ± 3.27 0.001 24.88 ± 4.08 24.20 ± 1.64 0.641
Waist circumference (cm) 108.69 ± 10.22 100.45 ± 9.13 0.020 80.56 ± 4.61 83.13 ± 5.51 0.234
ABSI 0.080 ± 0.006 0.082 ± 0.004 0.246 0.076 ± 0.006 0.078 ± 0.003 0.584
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 130.92 ± 13.45 139.14 ± 15.07 0.115 124.00 ± 20.70 128.00 ± 14.91 0.624
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 83.54 ± 10.82 86.73 ± 10.75 0.404 75.33 ± 14.07 81.0 ± 14.29 0.389
Laboratory data
Creatinine (mg/dL) 0.67 ± 0.15 0.86 ± 0.37 0.051 0.60 ± 0.11 0.76 ± 0.33 0.063
Fasting blood glucose (mg/dL) 164.69 ± 64.95 183.73 ± 74.34 0.449 89.70 ± 10.22 125.18 ± 31.18 <0.001
HbA1c (%) 8.51 ± 1.42 9.76 ± 1.41 0.016 5.42 ± 0.38 7.09 ± 0.99 <0.001
C-peptide (mg/dL) 3.23 ± 1.01 2.31 ± 1.18 0.026 1.35 ± 0.34 1.41 ± 0.57 0.791
Insulin (mU/L) 18.05 ± 9.24 26.19 ± 35.75 0.321 4.99 ± 3.07 6.24 ± 8.11 0.645
HOMA-IR index 7.21 ± 3.95 11.51 ± 16.55 0.256 1.06 ± 0.67 1.93 ± 2.38 0.152
HOMA-β index 0.81 ± 0.59 1.34 ± 2.41 0.331 0.61 ± 0.64 0.44 ± 0.69 0.479
ALT (U/L) 56.08 ± 40.45 33.05 ± 25.90 0.047 24.40 ± 17.56 37.52 ± 38.16 0.200
AST (U/L) 37.00 ± 27.61 29.32 ± 28.61 0.443 22.70 ± 12.05 31.86 ± 30.52 0.371
Alk-p (U/L) 64.46 ± 24.37 59.68 ± 15.55 0.482 62.70 ± 16.57 73.19 ± 20.18 0.164
γ-GT (U/L) 51.58 ± 34.04 36.42 ± 22.19 0.143 12.40 ± 5.30 31.45 ± 24.71 0.003
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 186.62 ± 49.00 197.73 ± 39.54 0.468 155.50 ± 24.65 173.82 ± 35.50 0.151
Triglyceride (mg/dL) 179.08 ± 133.37 262.27 ± 252.47 0.212 74.00 ± 24.10 119.45 ± 46.79 0.001
HDL-C (mg/dL) 39.85 ± 7.71 42.59 ± 7.85 0.322 45.80 ± 7.94 46.55 ± 11.28 0.852
LDL-C (mg/dL) 119.46 ± 39.61 116.95 ± 31.00 0.836 95.10 ± 19.71 110.50 ± 33.34 0.187
Uric acid (mg/dL) 5.69 ± 1.58 5.61 ± 1.69 0.886 4.63 ± 1.18 5.33 ± 1.61 0.230
Total bile acid (µM) 9.97 ± 3.63 10.13 ± 4.77 0.919 7.61 ± 2.91 8.72 ± 5.86 0.462
FGF 19 (pg/mL) 63.73 ± 40.17 96.29 ± 68.93 0.131 162.41 ± 131.83 131.03 ± 77.10 0.445
FGF 21 (pg/mL) 370.14 ± 300.53 290.47 ± 195.89 0.348 221.17 ± 93.30 235.60 ± 140.44 0.744
HSI 51.30 ± 5.05 42.69 ± 4.75 <0.001 36.08 ± 3.10 36.33 ± 2.44 0.831

ABSI, a body shape index; BMI, body mass index; HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c; HOMA, homeostasis model assessment; IR, insulin resistance; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate transaminase; Alk-p, alkaline phosphatase; γ-GT, gamma-glutamyl transferase; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; FGF, fibroblast growth factor; HSI, hepatic steatosis index.