Table 2.

Change from baseline body composition measures of overweight cats during weight loss

Measurements	△ wk0-wk6		△ wk0-wk12		△ wk0-wk18		△ wk0-wk24			P-value
	FT1	OR1	FT1	OR1	FT1	OR1	FT1	OR1	SEM3	Diet	Week	Diet*wk
Body mass, kg	−0.24	−0.20	−0.55	−0.51	−0.70	−0.78	−0.97	−1.09	0.060	0.7290	<0.0001	N/A4
Fat mass, kg	−0.21	−0.12	−0.41	−0.34	−0.52	−0.52	−0.73	−0.78	0.060	0.7136	<0.0001	0.2998
LBM2, kg	−0.04	−0.07	−0.14	−0.17	−0.18	−0.25	−0.25	−0.31	0.042	0.3420	<0.0001	0.8612
BMC2, g	3.12	−0.80	−1.56	−0.50	2.27	−2.08	−0.61	−2.36	2.870	0.5054	0.5010	0.4693
LBM + BMC, kg	−0.03	−0.07	−0.14	−0.17	−0.18	−0.26	−0.25	−0.31	0.041	0.3065	<0.0001	0.8091
BMC, %	0.14	0.04	0.18	0.15	0.32	0.24	0.39	0.35	0.001	0.3290	<0.0001	0.8404
Fat, %	−2.74	−1.40	−5.30	−4.15	−6.92	−6.49	−10.17	−10.66	0.978	0.5932	<0.0001	0.5337
Lean, %	2.60	1.36	5.12	4.00	6.59	6.26	9.79	10.30	0.979	0.6394	<0.0001	0.5228
LBM + BMC, %	2.74	1.40	5.30	4.15	6.92	6.49	10.17	10.66	0.978	0.5930	<0.0001	0.5334
Lean:fat ratio	0.35	0.15	0.75	0.47	0.96	0.82	1.64	1.64	0.186	0.3457	<0.0001	0.2705

¹FT, Fit & Trim (Orijen; Champion Petfoods, Edmonton, Canada); OR, Original (Orijen; Champion Petfoods, Edmonton, Canada).

²BMC, bone mineral content; LBM, lean body mass.

³SEM, pooled standard error of the means.

⁴N/A. Wilcoxon signed ranks test; no interaction effect between diet and week.