Table 2 Characteristics of study groups

n

Gender (male/female)

20

11–9

17

10–7

10

4–6

Age (years)

51.1 ± 3.6

58.4 ± 4.0

66.9 ± 4.3

BMI (kg/m²)

23.3 ± 0.9

20.6 ± 0.8

22.9 ± 0.7

Weight loss (%)

1.9 ± 1.0

19.9 ± 1.9^a,b

4.0 ± 0.5

 IA

0 (0)

3 (30.0)

 IB

0 (0)

0 (0)

 IIA

0 (0)

0 (0)

 IIB

2 (11.7)

1 (10.0)

 IIIA

4 (23.5)

1 (10.0)

 IIIB

2 (11.7)

1 (10.0)

 IV

9 (53.0)

4 (40.0)

CRP (mg/dL)

9.5 ± 6.8

92.3 ± 15.4^b

90.4 ± 31.2^b

Haemoglobin (g/dL)

12.4 ± 0.5

11.4 ± 0.4

11.3 ± 0.6

Urea (mg/dL)

36.9 ± 2.7

35.3 ± 6.5

36.9 ± 3.5

Free fatty acids (μM)

680.9 ± 30.1

1786.9 ± 551.0^b

917.3 ± 43.3

Glucose (mM)

5.51 ± 0.2

5.3 ± 0.2

6.01 ± 0.4

Insulin (ng/mL)

0.5 ± 0.1

0.3 ± 0.1

0.6 ± 0.1

Cholesterol (mg/dL)

183.9 ± 13.7

287.3 ± 65.2^b

300.0 ± 54.1^b

HDL(mg/dL)

52.8 ± 3.3

42.8 ± 7.0

64.1 ± 9.9

VLDL (mg/dL)

29.5 ± 1.5

28.5 ± 0.6^a

36.4 ± 3.0

LDL (mg/dL)

104.0 ± 11.6

239.8 ± 54.1^b

200.3 ± 42.4^b

Triacylglycerol (mg/dL)

147.8 ± 9.2

142.6 ± 3.8

182.1 ± 17.9