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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 17.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Res. 2012 Jun 22;111(5):599–603. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.112.273656

TABLE 1.

Effects of overfeeding on study participants

Variable Baseline Weight gain
Total body weight (kg) 71.6 ± 14.5 75.7 ± 15.2*
Total body fat mass (kg) 22 ± 7.9 26.2 ± 7.9*
Total body lean mass (kg) 46.6 ± 8.9 46.5 ± 8.8
BMI (kg/m2) 23.3 ± 3.7 24.6 ± 3.9*
Cholesterol (mg/dl) 169 ± 20 168 ± 37
HDL (mg/dl) 46 ±12 42 ± 9
Triglycerides (mg/dl) 86 ± 27 91 ± 51
Insulin (μU/ml) 5.2 ± 3.2 6.1 ± 2.6
Leptin (ng/ml) 7 ± 3.8 12 ± 5.7*
Adiponectin (ng/ml) 8816 ± 4787 10081 ± 5539
Glucose (mg/dl) 93 ± 5 94 ± 5

N=10 (7M /3F), values are Mean ± SD,

*

is p<0.05 determined by paired Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test; BMI: Body mass index; HDL: High density lipoprotein.