. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2013 May 13;21(6):1139–1142. doi: 10.1002/oby.20191

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study population by diet group during eucaloric and hypocaloric phases

Variable	Diet	Eucaloric Phase	Hypocaloric Phase

n	High GL	29	28
n	Low GL	40	31

Sex(% male)	High GL	48% (n=14)	46% (n=13)
Sex(% male)	Low GL	43% (n=17)	45% (n=14)

Race (% EA)	High GL	48% (n=14)	50% (n=14)
Race (% EA)	Low GL	55% (n=22)	58% (n=18)

Age (yr)	High GL	34.6 ± 8.1¹	34.7 ± 8.1¹
Age (yr)	Low GL	35.6 ± 8.5¹	35.9 ± 8.4¹

BMI (kg/m²)²	High GL	31.4 ± 4.4¹	30.9 ± 4.5¹
BMI (kg/m²)²	Low GL	33.5 ± 4.3¹	32.4 ± 4.1¹

Data reported as mean ± SD; EA, European American; BMI, body mass index

P≤0.05 (2-sample t test for significant differences between diet groups at baseline of both phases).