. 2023 Feb 21;46(9):1807–1814. doi: 10.1007/s40618-023-02034-2

Table 1.

Anthropometric measurements and body composition parameters before and after each dietary phase

	Basal	Active stage	Re-education stage	Maintenance stage
BW (kg)	100.4 ± 17.7	91.5 ± 16.9^*	87.2 ± 15.3^{*^}	85.9 ± 15.2^*§
BMI (kg/m²)	37.5 ± 5.5	34.3 ± 5.4^*	32.6 ± 4.7^{*^}	32.1 ± 4.6^*§
WC (cm)	117.5 ± 13.9	104.7 ± 18.2^*	105.6 ± 14.0^{*^}	102.7 ± 12.5^*§
HC (cm)	121.6 ± 13.1	116.6 ± 13.2^*	112.1 ± 10.9^{*^}	110.4 ± 9.8^*§
AC (cm)	38.7 ± 4.9	37.1 ± 4.1^*	35.6 ± 4.2^{*^}	36.3 ± 3.9^*
MS (Kg)	26.0 ± 6.7	25.4 ± 6.8	25.3 ± 6.1	25.2 ± 6.3
FM (kg)	40.7 ± 10.8	35.0 ± 10.6^*	31.0 ± 8.5^{*^}	30.1 ± 8.7^{*^}
FFM (kg)	59.7 ± 10.4	56.5 ± 9.8^*	56.2 ± 9.8^*	55.7 ± 7.7^*
TBW (kg)	42.5 ± 7.3	39.7 ± 6.2^*	39.0 ± 7.8^*	39.7 ± 7.3^*
ICW (kg)	24.6 ± 4.2	23.0 ± 3.6^*	22.5 ± 4.5^*	22.9 ± 4.2^*
ECW (kg)	17.9 ± 3.1	16.8 ± 2.6^*	16.5 ± 3.3^*	16.8 ± 3.1^*

Data are shown as means ± standard deviation (SD). *p < 0.05 vs. basal, ^p < 0.01 vs. active, §p < 0.05 vs. re-education

BW body weight, BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, HC hip circumference, AC arm circumference, MS muscular strength, FM fat mass, FFM fat-free mass