Comparison of isocaloric very low carbohydrate/high saturated fat and high carbohydrate/low saturated fat diets on body composition and cardiovascular risk

Table 4 Body composition changes according to dietary treatment¹

*DIET*	*VLCARB*	*VLF*	*HUF*
Lean mass at baseline (kg)	46.5 ± 1.9	48.5 ± 2.6	46.4 ± 2.2
Lean mass after weight loss (kg)	43.9 ± 1.8	46.5 ± 2.3	45.0 ± 2.0
% change²	-2.6 ± 0.4^a	-2.1 ± 0.4^a	-1.4 ± 0.4^b
Fat mass at baseline (kg)	37.6 ± 1.3	37.9 ± 2.2	40.7 ± 1.6
Fat mass after weight loss (kg)	33.1 ± 1.3	33.9 ± 2.2	36.3 ± 1.4
% change in fat mass	-4.5 ± 0.5^a	-4.0 ± 0.5^a	-4.4 ± 0.6^a
% change in weight³	-8.0 ± 0.6^a	-6.7 ± 0.7^a	-6.4 ± 0.6^b

¹ mean ± SEM
VLCARB = very low carbohydrate (n = 24) VLF = very low fat (n = 22) HUF = high unsaturated fat (n = 21)
² Significant effect of diet by one way ANOVA and screening weight as a covariate (P = 0.022).
³ Significant effect of diet by one way ANOVA and screening weight as a covariate (P = 0.034).
Variables with different superscripts are significantly different by one way ANOVA with Tukey's test for post hoc analysis p < 0.05.

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