Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the subjects in the low fat (LF) and low carbohydrate (LC) diet groups.
From: Physiogenomic comparison of human fat loss in response to diets restrictive of carbohydrate or fat
| Â | Â | Low Fat | Low Carbohydrate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Value | Subjects | Baseline % Body fat | Mean change, % Body Fat [absolute %] | Subjects | Baseline % Body fat | Mean change, % Body Fat [absolute %] |
All | All | 70 | 35.5 | -2.02 | 93 | 34.6 | -2.97 |
Gender | Female | 33 | 37.6 | -1.49 | 31 | 38.0 | -1.27 |
| Â | Male | 37 | 33.7 | -2.43 | 62 | 32.9 | -3.80 |
Age | <20 | 8 | 34.4 | -3.00 | 7 | 34.8 | -4.70 |
|  | 20–30 | 26 | 32.2 | -1.56 | 36 | 33.4 | -2.36 |
|  | 30–40 | 17 | 39.6 | -2.32 | 20 | 37.2 | -2.81 |
|  | 40–50 | 13 | 33.9 | -2.60 | 21 | 35.0 | -2.72 |
|  | 50–60 | 7 | 41.6 | -0.85 | 6 | 32.6 | -4.93 |
|  | 60–70 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 32.5 | -6.00 |
Heritage | African Amer | 4 | 37.9 | -1.63 | 5 | 36.7 | -2.82 |
| Â | Asian | 1 | 36.5 | -3.08 | 4 | 36.2 | -3.34 |
| Â | Caucasian | 63 | 35.4 | -2.01 | 81 | 34.5 | -2.50 |
| Â | Hispanic | 2 | 32.3 | -0.99 | 3 | 34.7 | -2.16 |