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Published in final edited form as: Exp Gerontol. 2007 Mar 31;42(8):709–712. doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2007.03.009

Table 2.

Summary of data obtained on CR Society members

	Western Diet	Calorie Restricted
Age (y) (33)	52.3 ± 10	51.4 ± 12
Male:female	29:4	29:4
Body mass index (kg/m²) (33)	24.8 ± 3.2	19.6 ± 1.6^†
Total body fat (%) (33)	23.1 ± 7	8.4 ± 7^†
Truncal fat (%) (33)	23.4 ± 9.7	4.6 ± 5.7^†
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) (33)	130 ± 13	103 ± 12^†
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) (33)	81 ± 9	63 ± 7^†
Total cholesterol (mg/dl) (33)	202 ± 33	162 ± 34^†
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dl) (33)	122 ± 30	86 ± 24^†
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl) (33)	52 ± 15	64 ± 18^*
Total cholesterol:HDL-cholesterol ratio	4.2 ± 1.2	2.5 ± 0.5^†
Triglycerides (mg/dl) (33)	143 ± 93	58 ± 18^†
Glucose (mg/dl) (33)	95 ± 9	84 ± 8^†
Insulin (μU/ml) (33)	7.4 ± 6	1.5 ± 0.9^†
TNFα (pg/ml) (28)	1.5 ± 0.9	0.7 ± 0.5^*
C-reactive protein (mg/L) (31)	1.1 ± 1.2	0.2 ± 0.3^†
TGFβ1 (ng/ml) (31)	22.1 ± 6.6	14.9 ± 3.1^†
Triodothyronine (ng/dl) (28)	91 ± 13	74 ± 22^†

Values are means ± SD for the number of subjects given in parenthesis.

P<0.01

^†

P<0.001 CR versus Western Diet.