Moderate Weight Reduction in an Outpatient Obesity Intervention Program Significantly Reduces Insulin Resistance and Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in Severely Obese Adolescents

Table 3

Patients at risk before and after participation in the obesity intervention program.

	Before treatment	After treatment
Total cholesterol >5 mmol/L	25%	18%
LDL cholesterol >3.5 mmol/L	16%	10%
HDL cholesterol <0.9 mmol/L	27%	51%
Triglycerides >1.6 mmol/L	30%	30%
HOMA >4	66%	54%
HbA1c >6.1%	10%	0%