Table 1.

Pre-intervention subject sample characteristics

	High carb (n = 11)	Low carb (n = 12)	t(21)	p
Age, years	71 (8)	68 (3)	1.07	0.29
Education, years	15.5 (3)	15.2 (2)	0.27	0.78
CDR sum boxes	0.63 (0.3)	0.75 (0.5)	0.64	0.52
GDS	5.4 (2)	6.4 (4)	0.68	0.49
Weight, kg	79 (18)	84 (17)	0.75	0.45
Waist, cm	93 (15)	99 (16)	0.81	0.42
Glucose, mg/dl	97 (9)	95 (9)	0.51	0.61
Insulin, μU/mL	14.4 (6)	16.9 (6)	0.85	0.40
Total energy, kcal	1697 (417)	1762 (481)	0.34	0.73
Carb, g	207 (63)	190 (56)	0.65	0.51
Protein, g	60 (21)	64 (17)	0.42	0.67
Fat, g	61 (24)	78 (27)	1.60	0.12
Urinary ketone, mg/dl	0	0	-	-

Note. CDR = Clinical Dementia Rating. GDS = Geriatric Depression Scale.

High carb = high carbohydrate group. Low carb = low carbohydrate group. Urinary ketone = acetoacetic acid. Data represent mean (SD) values.