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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

From: Beneficial effect of xylose consumption on postprandial hyperglycemia in Korean: a randomized double-blind, crossover design

 

Normal subjects

(n = 25)

Hyperglycemic subjects

(n = 50)

p-value

n (male/female)

(13/12)

(35/15)

 

Age (years)

28.2 ± 1.12

50.1 ± 1.80

<0.0001

Weight (kg)

69.5 ± 2.83

67.7 ± 1.48

0.053

BMI (kg/m2)

23.8 ± 0.72

24.4 ± 0.46

0.453

Body fat (%)a

25.1 ± 1.24

25.0 ± 1.07

0.742

Lean body mass (kg)a

52.1 ± 2.29

50.6 ± 1.18

0.672

Blood pressure (mmHg)

 

 Systolic BP

119.2 ± 3.45

122.0 ± 2.08

0.470

 Diastolic BPa

72.1 ± 2.38

74.4 ± 1.42

0.315

Lipids parameters

 TG (mg/dL)a

92.3 ± 8.95

133.1 ± 11.58

0.010

 T chol (mg/dL)

182.8 ± 6.32

196.4 ± 4.33

0.077

 HDL chol (mg/dL)

57.4 ± 1.91

53.5 ± 1.43

0.108

 LDL chol (mg/dL)

106.9 ± 5.26

116.5 ± 3.92

0.155

 Apo A-I (mg/dL)

156.1 ± 3.52

149.7 ± 3.03

0.204

 Apo B (mg/dL)a

90.5 ± 5.12

105.5 ± 3.19

0.014

Dietary intake and total energy expenditure

 TEE (kcal/d)

2437 ± 70.8

2281 ± 37.5

0.036

 TCI (kcal/d)

2315 ± 70.7

2272 ± 36.5

0.547

 Carbohydrate (%)

61.7 ± 0.16

61.6 ± 0.11

0.558

 Protein (%)

15.9 ± 0.08

15.9 ± 0.05

0.697

 Fat (%)

23.1 ± 0.20

23.0 ± 0.15

0.812

 Cholesterol (mg)

188 ± 0.50

186 ± 0.70

0.130

  1. Mean ± SEM
  2. aAnalyzed after log transformation; tested by Student t-test