Effects of Fasting-Mimicking Diet and Specific Meal Replacement Foods on Blood Glucose Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the participants in the study subgroups.

Item	Control group	Test group
Male ( (%))	24 (48%)	22 (44%)	0.424
Age (y)			0.628
Course of disease (y)			0.925
FPG (mmol/L)			0.956
2hPG (mmol/L)			0.546
HAb1c (mmol/L)			0.345
Waist circumference (cm)			0.439
BMI (kg/m^2)			0.888
TG (mmol/L)			0.152
TC (mmol/L)			0.264
HDL-C (mmol/L)			0.752
LDL-C (mmol/L)			0.335
Systolic pressure (mmHg)			0.960
Diastolic pressure (mmHg)			0.472

FPG: fasting blood sugar; 2hPG: 2-hour postprandial blood glucose; HbA1c: glycosylated haemoglobin; BMI: body mass index; TG: triglyceride; TC: serum total cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. All values are (SD). values indicated no statistically significant differences () on between-group comparisons.