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Table 1 Anthropometric and metabolic characteristics of study subjects after VLCD and during the weight maintenance period

From: Skeletal muscle structural lipids improve during weight-maintenance after a very low calorie dietary intervention

 

After VLCD

During weight maintenance

 

Before VLCD

 

Mean

SEM

Mean

SEM

% change

P

Mean

Age (years)

52.4

3.3

52.8

3.3

  

52.2

Height (cm)

171.1

3.3

     

BMI (kg/m2)

32.4

1.1

31.9

1.4

-1.3

ns

35.7*

Waist (cm)

104.3

1.5

103.3

2.5

-1.0

ns

111.3*

Hip (cm)

117.6

3.4

117.4

4.4

-0.1

ns

124.4*

Fat mass (kg)

38.5

3.8

35.8

4.1

-7.0

ns

44.8*

Lean mass (kg)

53.2

4.4

55.2

4.0

3.8

ns

56*

Weight (kg)

94.7

4.0

93.5

4.9

-1.3

ns

104.5*

Fp-glucose (mM)

6.2

0.2

6.5

0.2

6.0

ns

7.5*

Fp-insulin (pM)

57

6

69

9

20.4

ns

86*

Fp-C-peptide (pM)

841

87

878

88

4.4

ns

1084*

HbA1c (%)

6.1

0.2

6.1

0.2

0.3

ns

6.7*

HOMA-IR

2.2

0.3

2.8

0.5

28.9

ns

4.1*

Fp-cholesterol (mM)

5.2

0.4

6.4

0.4

22.1

<0.001

6.4*

Fp-LDL-cholesterol (mM)

3.3

0.4

4.0

0.3

19.0

<0.01

4.2*

Fp-HDL-cholesterol (mM)

1.2

0.1

1.4

0.1

10.8

<0.05

1.4*

Fs-triglyceride (mM)

1.4

0.1

2.2

0.4

55.8

ns

1.8

  1. Data are from n = 9 subjects (7 females). For comparison data from before the VLCD are given for these subjects. Asterisks indicate P < 0.05 for comparison between "before" and "after" the preceding VLCD.
  2. "% change" indicates the change relative to baseline level (i.e. after VLCD); BMI, body mass index; Fp, fasting plasma,; HbA1c, glycosylated hemoglobin; HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment; Fs, fasting serum
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Lipids in Health and Disease

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