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Table. 5 Participant demographics

From: Implementation of a community-based low-calorie dietary intervention for the induction of type-2 diabetes and pre-diabetes remission: a feasibility study utilising a type 2 hybrid design

 

n=31

Age on enrolment (years)

 Minimum–maximum

36–66

Sex

 Female

28 (90%)

 Male

3 (10%)

Ethnicity

 Black

31 (100%)

Diabetes status

 Pre-diabetic, unaware

13 (42%)

 Pre-diabetic, aware

7 (23%)

 Type 2 diabetic, unaware

3 (10%)

 Type 2 diabetic, aware

8 (26%)

Medication for diabetes (n=8)

 Metformin only

2

 Metformin + sulphonylurea

3

 Metformin + DPP-4* inhibitor

2

 Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor

1

Medication for pre-diabetes (n=7)

 Metformin only

2

 Metformin + DPP-4* inhibitor

1

 None

4

Hypertension

11 (35%)

Medication for Hypertension (n = 11)

11

Hypercholesterolaemia

9 (29%)

Medication for Hypercholesterolaemia (n=9)

 HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors

4

 None

5

*DPP-4-dipeptidyl peptidase-4

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