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. 2022 Oct 4;13:1012412. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.1012412

Table 3.

Changes in HbA1c, plasma glucose and serum insulin in prediabetes and type 2 diabetes.

Prediabetes n Baseline
(mean ± SD)
Week 12
(mean ± SD)
LS-mean change from baseline (95% CI) LS-mean between- group difference (95% CI)
HbA1c (%)
Low GLP-1 14 5.94 ± 0.20 5.84 ± 0.31 -0.11 (-0.26,0.04) -0.22 (-0.43,-0.02)*
High GLP-1 14 5.95 ± 0.62 5.62 ± 0.62 -0.33 (-0.48,-0.18)
Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L)
Low GLP-1 14 5.35 ± 0.88 5.67 ± 0.68 0.29 (0.05,0.52) -0.45 (-0.78,-0.12)*
High GLP-1 14 5.57 ± 0.66 5.37 ± 0.50 -0.16 (-0.39,0.07)
2-h plasma glucose (mmol/L)
Low GLP-1 14 9.01 ± 1.31 8.61 ± 1.78 -0.38 (-1.1,0.37) -0.85 (-1.92,0.22)
High GLP-1 14 8.77 ± 1.18 7.57 ± 1.56 -1.23 (-1.99,-0.48)
Glucose AUC0-2h (mmol/L.min)
Low GLP-1 14 1256.57 ± 232.97 1181.36 ± 359.47 -91.65 (-213.42,30.12) -172.24* (-343.53, -0.95)
High GLP-1 14 1294.39 ± 289.48 1028.25 ± 146.70 -263.89† (-384.74, -143.04)
Fasting insulin (µU/ml)
Low GLP-1 14 17.09 ± 9.41 15.16 ± 8.84 -1.74 (-3.69,0.21) 1.10 (-1.66,3.87)
High GLP-1 14 19.20 ± 6.31 18.23 ± 5.67 -0.63 (-2.58,1.31)
30- min insulin (µU/ml)
Low GLP-1 14 61.32 ± 38.09 66.81 ± 35.96 -2.57 (-16.31,11.18) 31.13 (9.94,52.33)*
High GLP-1 14 117.74 ± 44.40 136.53 ± 35.45 28.57
(15.21,41.92)
Insulin AUC0-2h (µU/ml.min)
Low GLP-1 14 10011.01±5495.12 10350.56±4481.95 517.45 (-2854.14,3889.05) 2489.1 (-2741.39,7719.59)
High GLP-1 14 18539.53±6493.01 20973.60±9348.39 3006.55 (-253.42,6266.53)
Type 2 diabetes n Baseline
mean ± SD
Week 12
mean ± SD
LS-mean change from baseline
(95% CI)
LS-mean between- group difference
(95% CI)
HbA1c (%)
Low GLP-1 11 8.13 ± 0.96 7.35 ± 0.75 -0.9 (-1.22,-0.58) -0.58 (-1.04,-0.12)*
High GLP-1 11 8.52 ± 0.70 6.93 ± 0.39 -1.48 (-1.8,-1.16)
Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L)
Low GLP-1 11 8.85 ± 2.08 7.16 ± 1.86 -1.85 (-2.46,-1.25) -0.95 (-1.82,-0.08)*
High GLP-1 11 9.39 ± 2.14 6.48 ± 1.29 -2.81 (-3.42,-2.19)
2-h plasma glucose (mmol/L)
Low GLP-1 11 17.03 ± 4.79 12.66 ± 3.81 -4.02 (-5.08,-2.95) -2.40 (-3.94,-0.87)*
High GLP-1 11 15.93 ± 3.11 9.74 ± 2.18 -6.42 (-7.48,-5.35)
Glucose AUC0-2h (mmol/L.min)
Low GLP-1 11 1826.59 ± 460.36 1427.73 ± 297.86 -410.3† (-492.09,-328.51) -156.26*
(-272.81,-39.72)
High GLP-1 11 1886.59 ± 369.96 1303.91 ± 241.94 -566.56
(-648.39,-484.74)
Fasting insulin (µU/ml)
Low GLP-1 11 18.79 ± 11.70 18.70 ± 15.48 -0.12 (-8.40,8.16) 0.92 (-10.88,12.72)
High GLP-1 11 18.85 ± 16.38 19.58 ± 13.11 0.80 (-7.49,9.09)
30- min insulin (µU/ml)
Low GLP-1 11 48.08 ± 22.29 49.13 ± 26.17 0.17 (-10.95,11.29) 8.72 (-7.18,24.62)
High GLP-1 11 60.37 ± 43.87 69.85 ± 41.23 8.89 (-2.09,19.87)
Insulin AUC0-2h (µU/ml.min)
Low GLP-1 11 7479.22±3823.06 8474.23±4084.95 2045.02 (62.26,4027.77) 3064.55* (160.28,5968.81)
High GLP-1 11 13555.91±9709.1 19708.59±13918.79 5109.56 (3148.9,7070.23)

AUC, area under the curve; GLP-1, glucagon-like peptide-1; LS, least-squares.

*p<0.05; p<0.05 compared to baseline.