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Table 1 Subject characteristics pre and post intervention

From: A randomised controlled trial of increasing fruit and vegetable intake and how this influences the carotenoid concentration and activities of PON-1 and LCAT in HDL from subjects with type 2 diabetes

Characteristic

1 Portion Group (n=35)

6 Portion Group (n=39)

Trend for change

 

Pre

Post

Pre

Post

between groups

Male Sex (%)

80

-

61.5

-

0.295

BMI (kg/m 2 )

30.1 (0.6)

30.1 (0.7)

30.7 (0.6)

31.0 (0.6)d

0.012

Age (years)

59.9 (1.23)

-

58.2 (1.47)

-

0.263

Glucose (mmol/L)

8.0 (6.6,9.6)

8.5 (7.5,22.3)

8.2 (7.0,8.9)

8.9 (8.3,18.8)

0.587

Insulin (mU/L)

13.7 (9.4,21.2)

14.6 (7.5,22.3)

11.9 (8.0,17.4)

16.8 (8.3,18.8)

0.470

HbA1C (%)

7.2 (0.2)

7.1 (0.2)c

7.1 (0.2)

7.1 (0.2)

0.068

Duration of diabetes (years)

6.7 (0.9)

-

5.2 (0.7)

-

>0.05

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

1.82 (1.2,2.1)

1.69 (1.1,2.1)

1.73 (1.1,2.0)

1.79 (1.2,2.2)

0.168

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

3.95 (0.13)

3.86 (0.11)

3.87 (0.12)

3.93 (0.12)

0.640

HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)

1.24 (0.05)

1.20 (0.05)

1.25 (0.05)

1.23 (0.05)

0.194

Lipid lowering therapy (%)

94

-

95

-

>0.05

Diabetic therapy (diet) (%)

5

-

8

-

>0.05

Oral hypoglycaemic therapy (%)

86

-

80

-

>0.05

  1. Results expressed as mean (SD) or when data was not normally distributed as geometric mean (interquartile range).
  2. The following subscripts indicate - a; p≤0.05 for baseline comparison between groups: b; p≤0.001 for baseline comparison between groups: c: p≤0.05 for within group comparison: d; p≤0.001 for within group comparison.