Table 2.

Biochemical and anthropometric characteristics of participants throughout the study

	High Calorie		Fasting
	Pre	Post	Pre	Post
BMI, kg/m2	26.4 [25.1, 27.2]	27.8 [26.9, 28.7]	27.3 [26.0, 27.9]	24.9 [23.8, 25.7]
Weight, kg	73.4 [66.9, 80.9]	78.2 [72.2, 87.0]	75.5 [70.2, 83.6]	69.0 [63.3, 76.4]
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	117.0 [110.0, 132.0]	119.5 [113.0, 135.0]	119.0 [110.8, 136.0]	115.0 [107.0, 128.0]
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg	71.0 [67.0, 86.5]	70.0 [65.8, 76.8]	71.5 [62.8, 81.0]	76.0 [73.0, 85.0]
Glucose, mg/dL	89.0 [83.0, 94.5]	94.0 [89.0, 98.8]	91.0 [83.0, 96.0]	68.0 [65.0, 72.0]
Sodium, mmol/L	140.0 [140.0, 141.0]	140.0 [139.0, 140.8]	140.0 [138.0, 141.0]	136.0 [136.0, 137.0]
Potassium, mmol/L	4.1 [4.0, 4.2]	4.1 [4.0, 4.3]	4.0 [3.9, 4.1]	4.1 [3.8, 4.4]
Calcium, mg/dL	9.2 [9.1, 9.5]	9.4 [9.2, 9.6]	9.2 [9.1, 9.5]	9.8 [9.5, 10.0]
Uric acid, mg/dL	4.9 [4.0, 5.8]	5.0 [4.4, 5.6]	5.1 [4.0, 6.3]	11.3 [10.7, 13.3]
Creatinine, mg/dL	0.9 [0.8, 1.1]	0.8 [0.7, 1.0]	0.9 [0.8, 1.0]	1.1 [0.9, 1.2]
BUN, mg/dL	12.5 [10.3, 14.8]	16.0 [14.0, 18.0]	12.0 [10.0, 15.0]	9.0 [8.0, 11.0]
Albumin, g/dL	4.5 [4.2, 4.6]	4.4 [4.1, 4.6]	4.3 [4.2, 4.5]	4.7 [4.6, 4.9]
Visceral adipose tissue by MRI, cm2	37.4 [19.0, 81.6]	48.6 [17.8, 82.9]	44.8 [22.1, 79.2]	40.0 [22.1, 81.6]
Subcutaneous adipose tissue by MRI, cm2	194.4 [150.2, 230.8]	217.9 [171.5, 258.0]	225.3 [168.1, 245.4]	182.2 [150.8, 233.5]
Trunk fat, kg, by DXA	9.2 [7.3, 11.4]	9.9 [8.3, 11.6]	10.2 [8.1, 11.8]	9.4 [7.0, 10.9]
Total fat mass, kg, by DXA	54.8 [43.4, 60.5]	57.7 [47.2, 60.4]	55.7 [43.7, 59.9]	51.0 [39.9, 54.1]
Lean mass, kg, by DXA	22.3 [17.9, 24.5]	24.1 [19.3, 26.2]	24.7 [19.3, 25.7]	22.9 [17.5, 25.0]

Values shown as median with interquartile range. BMI, body mass index; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; DXA, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.