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Table 3 Anthropometric indices, bioimpedance analysis, blood pressure and laboratory variables before and after four weeks of an 1800 kcal 100-gram carbohydrate diet in overweight or obese men with low HDL-C levels

From: Short term effects of a low-carbohydrate diet in overweight and obese subjects with low HDL-C levels

 

n*

Before-diet†

After-diet†

p value‡

Body weight (kg)

18

87.7 (82.9, 96.8)

83.0 (80.5, 90.3)

<0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

18

29.1 (28.2, 30.6)

27.9 (26.8, 28.9)

<0.001

WC (cm)

16

104.8 (101.0, 108.1)

99.3 (95.4, 104.1)

<0.001

Body fat ratio (%)

17

25.4 (23.0, 27.7)

23.4 (20.2, 26.4)

0.010

Fat mass (kg)

17

22.0 (19.8, 24.9)

20.8 (16.6, 22.6)

<0.001

SBP (mmHg)

17

130 (123, 140)

124 (119, 134)

0.003

DBP (mmHg)

17

76 (73, 91)

80 (71, 84)

0.297

TC (mmol/l)

18

4.34 (4.13, 5.29)

4.20 (3.76, 4.95)

0.029

HDL-C (mmol/l)

18

0.83 (0.74, 0.88)

0.96 (0.82, 1.03)

<0.001

TC/HDL-C

18

5.56 (4.50, 7.28)

4.47 (3.91, 5.20)

<0.001

LDL-C (mmol/l)

18

3.11 (2.54, 3.76)

2.80 (2.32, 3.56)

0.058

TG (mmol/l)

18

1.23 (0.85, 1.85)

0.95 (0.63, 1.27)

0.004

Glucose (mmol/l)

18

4.94 (4.64, 5.13)

4.88 (4.66, 5.12)

0.983

Insulin (pmol/l)

17

80.3 (59.3, 98.3)

61.2 (45.5, 81.4)

0.005

HOMA

17

2.47 (1.74, 3.32)

1.89 (1.31, 2.63)

0.003

  1. BMI: body mass index, WC: waist circumference, SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, TC: total cholesterol, HDL-C: high density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C: low density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG: triglycerides, HOMA: homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance *some data are missing for some of the variables †median (25th, 75th percentile) are given in the column ‡before- and after-diet results are compared with a Wilcoxon signed ranks test