Effects of lifestyle interventions on rural patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Table 1 Measurement and comparison of waist circumference, body mass index, blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, and glycosylated protein before and after lifestyle interventions

Value	Before intervention	After intervention	Paired t-test
			t	P value
Waist circumference (cm)	97.83 ± 7.81	96.99 ± 7.65	10.02	< 0.001
BMI (kg/m2)	29.20 ± 3.64	28.52 ± 3.21	5.82	< 0.001
SBP (mmHg)	150.53 ± 21.07	141.15 ± 17.49	6.03	< 0.001
DBP (mmHg)	87.14 ± 13.52	84.36 ± 10.55	1.84	< 0.001
Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L)	11.22 ± 2.78	8.40 ± 1.81	6.21	< 0.001
Glycosylated hemoglobin (%)	8.94 ± 1.92	8.06 ± 1.32	5.87	< 0.001

BMI: Body mass index; SBP: Systolic blood pressure; DBP: Diastolic blood pressure.

Table 2 Measurement and comparison of body composition before and after lifestyle interventions

Value	Before intervention	After intervention	Paired t-test
			t	P value
Lower limb muscle distribution coefficient (Phantom ratio)	0.92 ± 0.24	1.07 ± 0.23	-10.64	< 0.001
Fat distribution/ calculation (g/cm)	171.37 ± 50.62	167.43 ± 49.99	3.88	< 0.001
Percentage/calculation of fat (%)	36.28 ± 8.23	35.57 ± 8.50	4.63	< 0.001

Table 3 Measurement and comparison of nerve and body reaction velocity before and after lifestyle interventions

Value	Before intervention	After intervention	Paired t-test
			t	P value
Nerve response velocity of left lower limb (s)	0.24 ± 0.15	0.23 ± 0.14	4.84	< 0.001
Nerve response velocity of right lower limb (s)	0.25 ± 0.09	0.24 ± 0.09	6.76	< 0.001
Body reaction speed of left lower limb (s)	0.44 ± 0.16	0.39 ± 0.14	9.56	< 0.001
Body reaction speed of right lower limb (s)	0.45 ± 0.17	0.41 ± 0.14	9.30	< 0.001