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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Aging Cell. 2008 Oct;7(5):681–687. doi: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2008.00417.x

Table 4.

Body composition of the three groups in the cross-sectional study

Low-protein diet group (n= 28) CR diet group (n= 28) Western diet group (n= 28) Among group p
Height (m)
   Men 1.75 ± 0.06 1.76 ± 0.07 1.79 ± 0.06 NS
   Women 1.63 ± 0.07 1.62 ± 0.05 1.66 ± 0.05 NS
Weight (kg)
   Men 67.1 ± 8.41,2 60.9 ± 6.51 83.9 ± 9.6 0.0001
   Women 56.6 ± 12.2 52.0 ± 2.75 66.9 ± 7.7 0.026
Body mass index (kg m−2)
   Men 21.9 ± 3.01,4 19.7 ± 1.81 26.3 ± 2.5 0.0001
   Women 21.3 ± 3.4 19.8 ± 1.75 24.2 ± 1.8 0.041
Body fat (% body weight)
   Men 15.2 ± 5.41,6 7.1 ± 4.61 23.6 ± 6.5 0.0001
   Women 25.8 ± 7.77 20.5 ± 9.97 36.9 ± 3.9 0.001

All values are mean ± standard deviation. Low-protein diet group and Western diet group (9 women and 21 men), low-calorie diet group (4 women and 26 men).

1

Significantly different from Western diet group: p ≤ 0.001

3

Significantly different from Western diet group: p = 0.07

5

Significantly different from Western diet group: p ≤ 0.05

7

Significantly different from Western diet group: p ≤ 0.007.

2

Significantly different from the CR diet group: p ≤ 0.05

4

Significantly different from the CR diet group: p = 0.013

6

Significantly different from the CR diet group: p ≤ 0.001.