Research Article

Body Composition and Metabolic Improvement in Patients Followed Up by a Multidisciplinary Team for Obesity in China

Table 1

Comparison of the demographic, anthropometric, and biochemical variables between SPD and HPD groups.

HPD group ()SPD group () value

Age (years)0.123
Sex category (male/female)6/2129/630.351
Follow-up duration (years)0.339
Height (cm)0.924
Weight (kg)0.930
BMI (kg/m2)0.951
Waist circumference (cm)0.765
Hip circumference (cm)0.989
Body fat (%)0.889
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)0.766
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)0.530
History of T2DM (, %)10, 37.0%37, 40.2%0.766
Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L)0.832
HbA1c (%)0.974
Fasting insulin (μIU/mL)0.251
Fasting C-peptide (ng/mL)0.138
HOMA-β0.825
HOMA-IR0.679
ALT (U/L)0.744
AST (U/L)0.891
Uric acid (μmol/L)0.639
Baseline calorie intake (kcal/d)0.037
Protein intake proportion (%)0.875
Fat intake proportion (%)0.532
Glucose intake proportion (%)0.955
Visceral fat area (cm2)0.960
Lean body mass (kg)0.989
Muscle mass of lower extremities (kg)0.851
Body adiposity index0.901
Fat-free mass index0.538

T2DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus; ALT: glutamic-pyruvic transaminase; AST: glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase. χ2 test for categorical variables and Student’s -test for continuous variables.