Table 1. Anthropometric and laboratory data before and after the hyper-alimentation in the intervention group and before and after 4 weeks on regular diet and exercise habits in the control group.

Variable	Interv. gp before diet	Interv. gp after diet	p Value for baseline vs after diet in interv. gp	Controls at baseline	p Value for baseline in controls vs interv. gp	Controls after 4 weeks	p Value for levels at study end in controls vs interv. gp
Age (years)	27 (6.6)			25 (3.5)	0.3
Sex (M/F)	12/6			12/6
Weight (kg)	67.6 (9.1)	74.0 (11)	<0.001	69.7 (8.4)	0.5	69.7 (8.7)	0.2
Body mass index (kg/m2)	21.9 (1.9)	23.9 (2.2)	<0.001	22.2 (2.1)	0.7	22.2 (2.2)	0.02
Sagittal abdominal diameter (cm)	18.4 (1.7)	20.4 (1.6)	<0.001	17.8 (1.3)	0.3	17.8 (1.4)	<0.0001
Waist circumference (cm)	76.4 (6.4)	83.1 (7.9)	<0.001	75.5 (5.8)	0.7	75.4 (6.0)	0.002
Hip circumference (cm)	86.5 (7.1)	90.4 (8.5)	0.03	89.0 (6.9)	0.3	89.8 (6.1)	0.8
HOMA	0.89 (0.42)	1.6 (0.83)	0.002	1.2 (0.86)	0.2	1.1 (0.53)	0.02
ALT (U/l)	22.1 (11)	69.3 (76)	0.01	20.2 (3.9)	0.7	22 (8.0)	0.001
AST (U/l)	28.1 (12)	39.6 (23)	0.07	25.5 (5.8)	0.8	26.3 (5.6)	0.02
ALP (U/l)	57.3 (30)	61.2 (25)	0.1	52.7 (12)	0.6	52 (14)	0.2
Bilirubin (mg/dl)	0.70 (0.20)	0.55 (0.15)	0.01	0.89 (0.37)	0.1	0.75 (0.26)	0.008
Albumin (g/dl)	4.1 (0.34)	4.0 (0.27)	0.2	4.4 (0.35)	0.01	4.3 (0.33)	0.002
Hepatic triglyceride content (%)	1.1 (1.9)	2.8 (4.8)	0.003*	ND		ND
Body fat (%)	20.1 (9.8)	23.8 (8.6)	<0.001	ND		ND
Basal metabolic rate (kcal/24 h)	1615 (276)	1813 (327)	0.001	1700 (243)	0.3	1712 (262)	0.3

Figures are means (SD).

Interv. gp., intervention group.

*Comparison made with the Wilcoxon signed rank test. Conversions: ALT, AST and ALP (U/l) ×0.017 = μkat/l, bilirubin (mg/dl) ×17.1 = μmol/l, albumin (g/dl) ×10 = g/l. BMI, body mass index; HOMA, homeostasis model assessment;²⁴ ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALP, alkaline phosphatase, ND; not determined.