Table 4.
Anthropometric indices, bioimpedance analysis, blood pressure and laboratory variables before and after four weeks of a 1400 kcal 75-gram carbohydrate diet in overweight or obese women with low HDL-C levels
| n* | Before-diet† | After-diet† | p value‡ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body weight (kg) | 25 | 73.2 (68.5, 81.7) | 70.8 (65.5, 79.1) | <0.001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25 | 30.4 (28.0, 32.9) | 29.5 (27.2, 31.4) | <0.001 |
| WC (cm) | 25 | 95.0 (87.5, 99.0) | 92.0 (86.0, 96.5) | 0.002 |
| Body fat ratio (%) | 24 | 38.0 (34.6, 39.7) | 34.6 (32.7, 39.6) | <0.001 |
| Fat mass (kg) | 24 | 27.7 (23.4, 31.7) | 24.3 (22.1, 29.9) | <0.001 |
| SBP (mmHg) | 25 | 123 (115, 132) | 112 (107, 124) | 0.005 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 25 | 82 (74, 91) | 79 (76, 84) | 0.253 |
| TC (mmol/l) | 25 | 4.50 (3.84, 5.25) | 3.93 (3.56, 4.42) | <0.001 |
| HDL-C (mmol/l) | 25 | 1.03 (0.94, 1.09) | 1.01 (0.89, 1.14) | 0.165 |
| TC/HDL-C | 25 | 4.34 (3.73, 5.48) | 3.81 (3.35, 4.30) | <0.001 |
| LDL-C (mmol/l) | 25 | 3.00 (2.37, 3.59) | 2.46 (2.13, 2.93) | <0.001 |
| TG (mmol/l) | 25 | 1.12 (0.89, 1.58) | 0.82 (0.73, 1.12) | 0.011 |
| Glucose (mmol/l) | 25 | 5.11 (4.91, 5.41) | 5.11 (4.83, 5.55) | 0.742 |
| Insulin (pmol/l) | 23 | 61.0 (46.6, 96.4) | 56.0 (38.0, 92.6) | 0.005 |
| HOMA | 23 | 2.01 (1.44, 2.92) | 1.71 (1.24, 2.74) | 0.006 |
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