Research Article
Class 3 Obesity in a Multidisciplinary Metabolic Weight Management Program: The Effect of Preexisting Type 2 Diabetes on 6-Month Weight Loss
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of patients that were followed up at 6 months, by T2DM status at baseline.
| Variable ( or %) | T2DM () | Without T2DM () | value |
| Age (years) | | | 0.068 | Females (%) | 73.5 | 67.2 | 0.41 | Caucasian ethnicity (%) | 72.3 | 75.0 | 0.71 | Weight (kg) | | | 0.038 | BMI (kg/m2) | | | 0.066 | Previous bariatric surgery (%) | 4.2 | 9.5 | 0.27 | In paid employment (%) | 31.3 | 26.6 | 0.53 | Exercise class participation (%) | 50.6 | 60.9 | 0.21 | Hypertension (%) | 78.3 | 57.8 | <0.01 | Dyslipidaemia (%) | 80.7 | 45.3 | <0.001 | CKD grade 3 or below (%) | 15.2 | 13.6 | 0.79 | Cardiovascular disease (%) | 24.1 | 15.6 | 0.21 | Fatty liver disease (%) | 72.3 | 78.1 | 0.42 | Obstructive sleep apnoea (%) | 50.6 | 46.9 | 0.65 | Gastroesophageal reflux disease (%) | 47.0 | 46.0 | 0.91 | Cholesterol (mmol/L) | | | 0.038 | Triglycerides (mmol/L) | | | <0.001 | HDL (mmol/L) | | | 0.46 | LDL (mmol/L) | | | 0.002 | ALT (IU/L) | | | 0.55 |
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