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Table 4 Physical and metabolic parameters

From: A prospective randomized study comparing effects of empagliflozin to sitagliptin on cardiac fat accumulation, cardiac function, and cardiac metabolism in patients with early-stage type 2 diabetes: the ASSET study

  Empagliflozin Sitagliptin p value
Body weight (kg)
 Baseline 80.3 ± 19.0 84.4 ± 16.1 0.469
 12 weeks 79.1 ± 19.6 83.7 ± 16.3 0.411
 Change −1.2 ± 1.6 −0.2 ± 2.0 0.081
 Intragroup p value 0.002* 0.679  
HbA1c (%)
 Baseline 7.1 ± 0.8 7.0 ± 0.9 0.684
 12 weeks 6.7 ± 0.6 6.6 ± 0.8 0.895
 Change −0.5 ± 0.4 −0.4 ± 0.4 0.549
 Intragroup p value < 0.001* < 0.001*  
Plasma glucose (mg/dL)
 Baseline 155.7 ± 34.2 140.6 ± 33.3 0.155
 12 weeks 124.6 ± 18.2 135.3 ± 37.2 0.243
 Change −31.1 ± 21.8 −5.3 ± 18.3 < 0.001*
 Intragroup p value < 0.001* 0.200  
Plasma insulin (µIU/mL)
 Baseline 13.7 ± 7.1 14.4 ± 9.5 0.795
 12 weeks 9.4 ± 5.5 14.9 ± 7.3 0.009*
 Change −4.4 ± 6.4 0.5 ± 6.5 0.019*
 Intragroup p value 0.005* 0.735  
HOMA-IR
 Baseline 5.3 ± 2.8 4.9 ± 3.7 0.718
 12 weeks 2.9 ± 1.8 4.8 ± 2.8 0.011*
 Change −2.4 ± 2.4 −0.1 ± 2.5 0.004*
 Intragroup p value < 0.001* 0.902  
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)
 Baseline 52.4 ± 14.4 48.8 ± 8.5 0.333
 12 weeks 54.0 ± 14.7 46.5 ± 10.1 0.061
 Change 1.7 ± 6.3 −2.3 ± 5.3 0.034*
 Intragroup p value 0.241 0.061  
Apolipoprotein A-I (mg/dL)
 Baseline 146.7 ± 30.4 145.2 ± 22.8 0.860
 12 weeks 147.3 ± 30.5 138.1 ± 22.7 0.277
 Change 0.6 ± 12.2 −7.1 ± 10.6 0.036*
 Intragroup p value 0.833 0.006*  
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)
 Baseline 134.4 ± 29.7 139.2 ± 39.7 0.659
 12 weeks 132.8 ± 22.7 135.0 ± 41.0 0.824
 Change −1.7 ± 16.3 −4.2 ± 17.9 0.636
 Intragroup p value 0.644 0.297  
Apolipoprotein B (mg/dL)
 Baseline 110.1 ± 25.1 113.0 ± 24.3 0.715
 12 weeks 107.5 ± 22.0 109.3 ± 25.9 0.808
 Change −2.6 ± 10.9 −3.6 ± 12.4 0.783
 Intragroup p value 0.285 0.197  
Uric acid (mg/dL)
 Baseline 5.8 ± 1.2 6.3 ± 1.2 0.171
 12 weeks 5.0 ± 0.9 6.5 ± 1.2 < 0.001*
 Change −0.8 ± 0.9 0.1 ± 0.8 < 0.001*
 Intragroup p value < 0.001* 0.446  
Total ketone bodies (μmol/L)
 Baseline 81.8 ± 50.3 107.0 ± 82.6 0.725
 12 weeks 233.6 ± 372.3 93.5 ± 58.0 0.138
 Change 151.8 ± 335.2 −13.5 ± 59.5 0.002*
 Intragroup p value < 0.001* 0.591  
β-hydroxybutyric acid (μmol/L)
 Baseline 52.9 ± 33.7 72.2 ± 59.7 0.624
 12 weeks 159.6 ± 263.3 60.0 ± 38.9 0.099
 Change 106.7 ± 239.2 −12.2 ± 42.4 0.001*
 Intragroup p value < 0.001* 0.370  
Acetoacetic acid (μmol/L)
 Baseline 28.9 ± 16.9 34.8 ± 23.6 0.357
 12 weeks 74.0 ± 109.3 33.5 ± 19.8 0.102
 Change 45.1 ± 96.3 −1.3 ± 18.0 0.036*
 Intragroup p value 0.044* 0.746  
  1. Data are presented as the mean ± SD (n = 21 for both groups). p values < 0.05 indicate significant differences. Comparisons were performed by one-sample t-test in each group, and two-sample t-tests between groups. HDL: high-density lipoprotein, HOMA-IR: homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance, LDL: low-density lipoprotein. *p < 0.05