Table 1.
Body composition at different measurement points during both diets.
| Indicator | Measurement Point |
PD | CD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Me (Q1;Q3) | Me (Q1;Q3) | ||
| BM (kg) |
baseline | 90.18 (86.40; 100.00) | 87.10 (83.90; 95.50) |
| 4 | 90.12 (78.80; 99.10) | 86.30 (82.20; 92.20) | |
| 8 | 88.45 (78.00; 95.80) ** | 85.00 (82,30; 93.40) | |
| BMI (kg/m2) |
baseline | 25.92 (25.43; 27.15) | 25.90 (25.68; 27.43) |
| 4 | 24.76 (23.76; 26.41) | 25.17 (24.34; 27.25) | |
| 8 | 24.97 (24.37; 26.44) | 25.37 (24.54; 27.53) | |
| FM (kg) |
baseline | 18.70 (13.90; 25.70) | 16.30 (12.70; 19.30) |
| 4 | 16.50 (12.20; 20.90) | 14.30 (10.80; 17.30) | |
| 8 | 14.70 (11.90; 19.00) | 13.60 (9.90; 15.80) | |
| FM (%) |
baseline | 22.35 (16.60; 28.90) | 18.60 (15.80; 23.20) |
| 4 | 19.45 (15.00; 27.30) | 17.00 (13.40; 21.30) | |
| 8 | 17.30 (13.70; 21.90) | 17.20 (12.60; 20.00) | |
| LBM (kg) |
baseline | 69.30 (64.02; 72.20) | 67.50 (63.80; 73.90) |
| 4 | 68.70 (63.50; 70.90) | 67.70 (62.30; 74.00) | |
| 8 | 68.30 (64.10; 71.60) | 68.70 (63.80; 73.90) | |
| LBM (%) |
baseline | 75.25 (73.40; 81.30) | 76.90 (70.90; 80.40) |
| 4 | 77.10 (73.90; 81.80) | 79.50 (73.30; 82,.80) | |
| 8 | 78.50 (74.80; 82.50) | 79.20 (73.80; 83.40) | |
| FFM (kg) |
baseline | 71.90 (67.50; 75.10) | 71.20 (63.80; 78.50) |
| 4 | 70.60 (67.10; 73.40) | 71.50 (63.70; 78.00) | |
| 8 | 71.30 (67.80; 72.00) | 72.40 (64.70; 80.40) | |
| FFM (%) |
baseline | 78.75 (72.20; 81.90) | 82.20 (75.30; 84.90) |
| 4 | 81.15 (73.80; 84.90) | 83.80 (78.10; 87.30) | |
| 8 | 82.00 (78.60; 84.50) | 83.60 (78.20; 88.00) | |
| MM (kg) |
baseline | 38.75 (35.10; 41.10) | 37.80 (36.50; 43.50) |
| 4 | 37.00 (33.80; 40.30) | 38.10 (34.10; 42.70) | |
| 8 | 37.50 (35.40; 41.00) | 38.30 (34.20; 42.40) | |
| MM (%) |
baseline | 42.25 (39.00; 45.20) | 43.50 (42.80; 45.90) |
| 4 | 41.45 (38.70; 45.10) | 44.20 (41.50; 46.30) | |
| 8 | 43.00 (41.40; 45.80) | 44.70 (41.50; 45.60) | |
| BMC (g) |
baseline | 3.77 (3.54; 4.18) | 3.78 (3.65; 4.35) |
| 4 | 3.76 (3.51; 4.19) | 3.81 (3.41; 4.27) | |
| 8 | 3.71 (3.51; 4.14) | 3.83 (3.42; 4.24) | |
| BMD (g/cm2) |
baseline | 1.41 (1.35; 1.58) | 1.47 (1.39; 1.62) |
| 4 | 1.44 (1.34; 1.51) | 1.45 (1.40; 1.52) | |
| 8 | 1.43 (1.36; 1.50) | 1.47 (1.36; 1.55) |
Abbreviations: PD—Paleo diet, CD—control diet, Me—median, Q1—upper quartile, Q3—lower quartile, BM—body mass, BMI—body mass index, FM—fat mass, LBM—lean body mass, FFM—fat-free mass, MM—muscle mass, BMC—bone mineral content, BMD—bone mineral density, **—highly significant intragroup differences compared with the baseline at the level of p < 0.01.