Carrageenan-Free Diet Shows Improved Glucose Tolerance and Insulin Signaling in Prediabetes: A Randomized, Pilot Clinical Trial

Table 2

Baseline characteristics of study participants.

Characteristic	Carrageenan-diet group ()	No- carrageenan diet group ()
Male : Female	1 : 4	1 : 7
Age (years)
Age range (years)	22-63	31-64
Race/ethnicity
Asian	1	1
African-American	3	6
Caucasian	1	0
Hispanic or Latino	0	1
Not Hispanic or Latino	5	7
Body weight (kg)
BMI (kg/m^2)
Baseline hemoglobin A1c (%)
Baseline fasting glucose (mg/dl)
Baseline 2-hour glucose in OGTT (mg/dl)
Baseline fasting insulin (μIU/ml)
Baseline 2-hr insulin in OGTT (μIU/ml)
Baseline C-peptide (ng/ml)
Baseline Matsuda Index
Baseline serum galectin-3 (ng/ml)
Baseline arylsulfatase B (nmol/mg protein/h)

All values are reported as (standard deviation).