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. 2023 Apr 13;324(6):E506–E513. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00181.2022

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.