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Table 1 General characteristics of the study participants

From: Time-restricted feeding improves blood glucose and insulin sensitivity in overweight patients with type 2 diabetes: a randomised controlled trial

 

TRF group

(n = 60)

Control group

(n = 60)

pa

Age (y)

48.21 ± 9.32

48.78 ± 9.56

0.25

Female

29 (48.33%)

26 (43.33%)

0.58b

Male

31 (51.67%)

34 (56.67%)

 

Duration of diabetes (y)

4.86 ± 1.27

5.06 ± 1.46

0.15

Diabetes medications (%)

Diet

20 (33.33%)

18 (30.00%)

0.69b

OHA

42 (70.00%)

46 (76.67%)

 

Insulin

19 (31.67%)

15 (25.00%)

 

Activity count (steps/d)

6457.43 ± 231.20

6405.00 ± 122.68

0.13

Sleep duration (h)

7.57 ± 0.50

7.55 ± 0.51

0.72

  1. Data are means ± SDs
  2. OHA, oral hypoglycaemic agents
  3. aObtained from the independent t test
  4. bObtained from the chi-square test