A Randomised Controlled Trial to Delay or Prevent Type 2 Diabetes after Gestational Diabetes: Walking for Exercise and Nutrition to Prevent Diabetes for You
Table 2
Change between 3-month and baseline measurements.
Characteristic
Intervention
Control
value
Weight∧ (kg)
−2.5 (1.4)
0.0 (2.3)
0.002
BMI∧ (kg/m2)
−0.9 (0.7)
0.0 (0.8)
0.002
Waist∧ (cm)
−3.0 (4.0)
0.5 (4.8)
0.037
Hip∧ (cm)
−3.0 (5.0)
0.0 (4.8)
0.006
Body fat %∧&
−1.1 (4.5)
−0.3 (1.3)
0.393
Lean mass %∧&
0.9 (3.3)
0.0 (2.6)
0.436
Fasting glucose∧&
0.3 (0.5)
−0.1 (0.6)
0.052
Fasting insulin∧#
−0.5 (2.4)
0.173
0.830
K 10 total score∧ (measure of distress and anxiety over the previous month)
0.0 (4.0)
1.0 (4.0)
0.193
WEL total score (measure of attitudes, feelings, and efficacy related to food and eating behaviours)
27.8 (20.1)
13.9 (37.4)
0.290
Negative emotions
5.5 (2.9)
3.5 (8.5)
0.472
Availability
7.1 (5.5)
1.0 (7.0)
0.036
Social pressure
6.1 (5.4)
4.1 (9.4)
0.545
Physical discomfort
4.5 (6.7)
4.5 (8.4)
0.978
Positive activities
4.6 (4.9)
0.9 (7.6)
0.188
HEPA
135 (225)
0 (418)
0.190
Fat
0.2 (0.4)
0.2 (0.5)
0.824
Fibre
−0.04 (0.8)
0.1 (0.4)
0.576
Total
0.1 (0.5)
0.2 (0.4)
0.682
All results are mean (standard deviation) unless otherwise stated. ∧Median (interquartile range), Mann-Whitney test. &3 cases missing (1 intervention; 2 control). #5 cases missing (1 intervention; 4 control).