Table 3.
Anthropometric indices, bioimpedance analysis, blood pressure and laboratory variables before and after four weeks of an 1800 kcal 100-gram carbohydrate diet in overweight or obese men with low HDL-C levels
| n* | Before-diet† | After-diet† | p value‡ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body weight (kg) | 18 | 87.7 (82.9, 96.8) | 83.0 (80.5, 90.3) | <0.001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 18 | 29.1 (28.2, 30.6) | 27.9 (26.8, 28.9) | <0.001 |
| WC (cm) | 16 | 104.8 (101.0, 108.1) | 99.3 (95.4, 104.1) | <0.001 |
| Body fat ratio (%) | 17 | 25.4 (23.0, 27.7) | 23.4 (20.2, 26.4) | 0.010 |
| Fat mass (kg) | 17 | 22.0 (19.8, 24.9) | 20.8 (16.6, 22.6) | <0.001 |
| SBP (mmHg) | 17 | 130 (123, 140) | 124 (119, 134) | 0.003 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 17 | 76 (73, 91) | 80 (71, 84) | 0.297 |
| TC (mmol/l) | 18 | 4.34 (4.13, 5.29) | 4.20 (3.76, 4.95) | 0.029 |
| HDL-C (mmol/l) | 18 | 0.83 (0.74, 0.88) | 0.96 (0.82, 1.03) | <0.001 |
| TC/HDL-C | 18 | 5.56 (4.50, 7.28) | 4.47 (3.91, 5.20) | <0.001 |
| LDL-C (mmol/l) | 18 | 3.11 (2.54, 3.76) | 2.80 (2.32, 3.56) | 0.058 |
| TG (mmol/l) | 18 | 1.23 (0.85, 1.85) | 0.95 (0.63, 1.27) | 0.004 |
| Glucose (mmol/l) | 18 | 4.94 (4.64, 5.13) | 4.88 (4.66, 5.12) | 0.983 |
| Insulin (pmol/l) | 17 | 80.3 (59.3, 98.3) | 61.2 (45.5, 81.4) | 0.005 |
| HOMA | 17 | 2.47 (1.74, 3.32) | 1.89 (1.31, 2.63) | 0.003 |
BMI: body mass index, WC: waist circumference, SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, TC: total cholesterol, HDL-C: high density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C: low density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG: triglycerides, HOMA: homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance *some data are missing for some of the variables †median (25th, 75th percentile) are given in the column ‡before- and after-diet results are compared with a Wilcoxon signed ranks test