Figure 1.

Main clinical parameters in patients after treatment with empagliflozin or metformin. Abbreviations: DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin; HCT, hematocrit; IL-6, interleukin-6; PPG, postprandial plasma glucose; SBP, systolic blood pressure; UA, uric acid. In the box plots, the line in the middle of the box represents the median, and the inferior and superior limits of the box refer to the 25^th and 75^th percentiles, respectively. The whiskers represent the 10^th and 90^th percentiles, and outliers are denoted.