Table 1: Baseline characteristics of subjects enrolled and subjects who completed 6 months.

Baseline characteristics All randomized 6-Month completers Age (yr) 60.9 61.7 Women/men 49/66 30/50 Height (m) 1.71 1.71 Weight (kg) 100.8 100.7 BMI (kg/m2) 34.4 33.7* HbA1c (%) 6.9 6.8 Alcohol consumers (%) 53 54 Smokers (%) 7 6 Exercise (%) 70 74 No diabetes medication (%) 25 17 Insulin (%) 14 8 1 drug (%) 37 22 2 drugs (%) 41 27 3 drugs (%) 9 5 4 drugs (%) 1 1 Antihypertensive drugs (%) 82 55 Cholesterol-lowering drugs (%) 75 52

Data are mean ± SD. * .