American Diabetes Association

Table 3—

Weight and fat changes with energy-restricted diets

Variable	Week 0	Week 8	Week 12
Weight (kg)
HP diet	97.7 ±17.4	93.2 ±16.7	92.2 ±16.8
LP diet	91.4 ±18.2	86.9 ±16.9	86.6 ±16.8
Fat mass in men
HP diet	38.7 ±5.0	—	35.5 ±2.6
LP diet	34.8 ±5.2	—	30.4 ±2.4
Fat mass in women
HP diet	42.8 ±2.6	—	37.5 ±2.5
LP diet	39.9 ±3.2	—	37.0 ±3.1^*
Fasting glucose
HP diet	8.44 ±0.41	7.30 ±0.28	7.701 ±0.31
LP diet	7.76 ±0.24	7.02 ±0.21	7.33 ±0.30
Fasting insulin
HP diet	16.3 ±7.2	12.1 ±6.5	13.3 ±6.8
LP diet	16.5 ±7.7	14.0 ±10.8	14.8 ±9.2
2 h glucose
HP diet	8.4	7.3	7.7
LP diet	7.8	7.0	7.3
HbA_1c
HP diet	6.42 ±0.83	—	5.88 ±0.78
LP diet	6.30 ±0.77	—	5.79 ±0.59

Variable	Week 0	Week 8	Week 12
Weight (kg)
HP diet	97.7 ±17.4	93.2 ±16.7	92.2 ±16.8
LP diet	91.4 ±18.2	86.9 ±16.9	86.6 ±16.8
Fat mass in men
HP diet	38.7 ±5.0	—	35.5 ±2.6
LP diet	34.8 ±5.2	—	30.4 ±2.4
Fat mass in women
HP diet	42.8 ±2.6	—	37.5 ±2.5
LP diet	39.9 ±3.2	—	37.0 ±3.1^*
Fasting glucose
HP diet	8.44 ±0.41	7.30 ±0.28	7.701 ±0.31
LP diet	7.76 ±0.24	7.02 ±0.21	7.33 ±0.30
Fasting insulin
HP diet	16.3 ±7.2	12.1 ±6.5	13.3 ±6.8
LP diet	16.5 ±7.7	14.0 ±10.8	14.8 ±9.2
2 h glucose
HP diet	8.4	7.3	7.7
LP diet	7.8	7.0	7.3
HbA_1c
HP diet	6.42 ±0.83	—	5.88 ±0.78
LP diet	6.30 ±0.77	—	5.79 ±0.59

P < 0.05 (difference between diets).