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Table 1 Participant characteristics at baseline and week 9

From: Metabolic adaptation is associated with less weight and fat mass loss in response to low-energy diets

 

Baseline

Week 9

P value

Age (years)

45.4 ± 8.2

  

Weight (kg)

104.0 ± 14.6

90.1 ± 11.6

 < 0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

34.6 ± 3.4

30.3 ± 3.0

 < 0.001

FM (kg)

43.3 ± 9.1

32.4 ± 8.6

 < 0.001

FFM (kg)

60.0 ± 10.9

57.6 ± 9.9

 < 0.001

PAL

1.50 ± 0.16

1.48 ± 0.14

0.369

RMRm (kcal/day)

1856 ± 249

1654 ± 204

 < 0.001

RMRp (kcal/day)

1856 ± 221

1746 ± 193

 < 0.001

RMRm-p (kcal/day)

−0.01 ± 113

−91.5 ± 110.4***

 
  1. Data presented as mean ± SD. P value for the comparison between baseline and week 9. BMI: body mass index, FM: fat mass, FFM: fat-free mass, PAL: physical activity level, RMR: resting metabolic rate. ***P < 0.001 for the comparison between RMRm and RMRp
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Nutrition & Metabolism

ISSN: 1743-7075

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