Table 3.

Inter-patient variability in the effects of low carbohydrate caloric restriction in obesity.

Patient ID	IFG		IGT		Plasma insulin		Impaired HGP		Impaired Rd
	pre	post	pre	post	basal	post-load	pre	post	pre	post
ZT	yes	yes	yes	yes	↓	↓↓†	yes	yes	no	no
GL	no	no	no	no	↑	↑-	no	no	no	no
WZ	no	no	no	no	↑	↓-	no	no	no	no
HT	no	no	no	no	↑	↑-	yes	no	no	no
FJ	no	no	no	no	↓	↓-	yes	no	no	no
JLL	no	no	no	no	−	↓-	no	no	no	no
WQ	yes	no	yes	yes	↓	↓↓†	yes	no	yes	no
JLY	no	no	no	no	−	↓↓†	no	no	no	no

IFG, impaired fasting glucose; IGT, impaired glucose tolerance; post-load insulin is the sum of plasma insulin for all the sampling time points (arrows: increase or decrease compared to pre-treatment: -, p > 0.1; ^†, p < 0.01); −, No change.