Liver fat accumulation in response to overfeeding with a high-fat diet: a comparison between South Asian and Caucasian men

Table 1 Subjects’ characteristics^a

Characteristics	South Asian	Caucasian	P
N	10	10	-
Age^b (y)	27 ± 2	24 ± 2	0.001
Body weight (kg)	68.9 ± 7.4	88.3 ± 18.1	0.009
BMI (kg/m²)	23.3 ± 3.0	27.0 ± 4.2	0.04
Fat mass (%)	25.5 ± 6.4	23.7 ± 7.5	0.58
Fat-free mass (kg)	51.0 ± 3.7	66.5 ± 8.5	0.001
Waist circumference (cm)	85.9 ± 7.7	96.0 ± 12.0	0.05
Hip circumference (cm)	97.0 ± 5.5	105.4 ± 8.7	0.03
Waist to hip ratio	0.9 ± 0.04	0.91 ± 0.06	0.32
VO₂ max corrected for FFM^c (ml O₂/min)	2780 ± 265	3249 ± 152	0.15
Physical activity accelerometer^b (10³counts/d)	1123 ± 239	1304 ± 442	0.68

^aDifferences between groups were analyzed using Independent samples t-test when data in both groups were normally distributed according to normality test Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Shapiro-Wilk
^bFor age and physical activity count, data of the Caucasian group were not normally distributed, differences between groups were assessed using non-parametric test Mann–Whitney U test
^cVO₂ max corrected for FFM, was analyzed using ANCOVA with FFM as a co variable

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