Lipids in Health and Disease

Table 3 Body weight and body composition changes during the weight-loss period ^a

From: Effect of intermittent versus continuous calorie restriction on body weight and cardiometabolic risk markers in subjects with overweight or obesity and mild-to-moderate hypertriglyceridemia: a randomized trial

Outcome	Groups		P-value ^b,c
Outcome	CCR (*n =* 44)	ICR (*n =* 44)	P-value ^b,c
Weight (kg)
baseline	90.1 ± 19.3	83.9 ± 13.7
8-week	86.0 ± 19.2 ^d†	79.3 ± 13.0 ^†	0.11
Change	4.1 ± 1.8 ^e	4.6 ± 2.2	0.25
BMI (kg/m²)
Baseline	32.4 ± 4.6	31.6 ± 4.0
8-week	31.0 ± 4.6 ^†	29.9 ± 3.8 ^†	0.09
Change	1.9 ± 0.6	1.7 ± 0.8	0.13
Waist circumference (cm)
Baseline	104.7 ± 11.0	100.6 ± 9.8
8-week	100.0 ± 10.7 ^†	95.0 ± 9.6 ^†	0.05
Change	4.7 ± 2.4	5.6 ± 3.0	0.12
Hip circumference (cm)
Baseline	112.0 ± 9.8	111.3 ± 9.1
8-week	109.0 ± 9.9 ^†	107.8 ± 8.6 ^†	0.40
Change	3.1 ± 2.8	3.5 ± 2.5	0.45
Fat mass (%)
Baseline	35.9 ± 5.8	37.5 ± 4.6
8-week	34.2 ± 6.0 ^†	35.7 ± 4.9 ^†	0.60
Change	1.7 ± 1.4	1.8 ± 1.3	0.66
Fat-free mass (%)
Baseline	63.6 ± 5.4	63.0 ± 5.9
8-week	65.4 ± 5.7 ^†	64.82 ± 6.0 ^†	0.76
Change	−1.7 ± 1.4	−1.8 ± 1.3	0.76

^aAll values are mean ± SD. BMI Body mass index, CCR Continous calorie restriction diet, ICR Intermittent calorie restriction diet
^bThe 8-week values were analyzed using ANCOVA and including baseline values of each variable as a covariate in the model
^cChange from baseline values were assessed with independent t-tests or non-parametric Manne Whitney U-test
^dDifferences between baseline and post-intervention data were analyzed by the paired t-test. Significantly different from Baseline: * P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01; † P < 0.001
^eChange expressed as the difference between baseline minus week-8 values

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