Research Article

Identification of Anti-Long Chain Saturated Fatty Acid IgG Antibodies in Serum of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Table 4

Study participant clinical characteristics with complete datasets at baseline and 3 months, . Values are presented as the mean ± SD.

VariablesBaseline3 monthsMean difference value

Anti-LCSFAlmitic acid IgG
(corrected OD)
0.79 ± 0.400.17 ± 0.090.71 ± 0.440.001
IL-1β (pg/mL) 1.09 ± 0.460.98 ± 0.380.100 ± 0.440.442
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)153.77 ± 65.12143.62 ± 61.9510.15 ± 19.360.050
HbA1c (%)7.7 ± 2.2 6.8 ± 1.4 0.9 ± 1.2 0.005
HbA1c (mmol/mol)61 ± 24 50 ± 15 11 ± 13 0.005
Insulin (pmol/L) 90.48 ± 74.8899.30 ± 115.68−8.88 ± 64.741.00
Cholesterol (mg/dL) 170.23 ± 33.51158.54 ± 38.4011.69 ± 31.600.184
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)45.00 ± 8.1948.00 ± 7.916−3.00 ± 4.430.049
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)98.62 ± 25.9293.15 ± 25.355.46 ± 21.890.382
Cholesterol/HDL ratio (%) 3.86 ± 0.853.35 ± 0.670.50 ± 0.630.023
Triglycerides (mg/dL) 249.38 ± 174.09191.92 ± 36.1557.46 ± 98.020.075
TANITA fat mass (kg) 36.15 ± 12.4033.98 ± 11.632.16 ± 2.450.013
TANITA fat percent (%) 42.25 ± 7.2740.56 ± 7.431.66 ± 1.970.034
Scale weight (kg) 83.74 ± 16.1082.17 ± 15.381.56 ± 3.200.100
Waist circumference (cm) 101.43 ± 9.7399.89 ± 10.331.54 ± 5.360.196
Hip circumference (cm) 111.05 ± 13.91111.94 ± 12.76−0.89 ± 3.820.294
BMI (kg/m2) 32.33 ± 6.3332.11 ± 5.540.22 ± 2.640.039
DXA-trunk fat (kg) 16.60 ± 43.7915.66 ± 41.200.94 ± 1.060.007
DXA-trunk percent fat (%)37.55 ± 6.7836.36 ± 6.491.18 ± 1.680.041
DXA-total fat (kg)31.81 ± 11.0630.27 ± 10.211.53 ± 1.860.013
DXA-total percent fat (%)36.94 ± 8.1135.90 ± 7.851.04 ± 1.180.012

Optical density.
A brand of bioelectric impendence technology which measures body composition. TANITA scales measure within 5% of DXA.
DXA: dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.