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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gastroenterology. 2015 Sep 12;150(1):79–81.e2. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.09.003

Table 1.

Body composition and metabolic characteristics before and after weight gain

Before After
Body mass index (kg/m2) 34.6±3.5 36.6±3.7*
Body weight (kg) 96.8±13.8 102.4±14.6*
Fat-free mass (kg) 52.5±11.0 54.1±11.3*
Fat mass (kg) 43.8±6.8 47.7±7.1*
Body fat mass (%) 45.5±5.8 46.8±5.3*
Visceral adipose tissue (g) 1057 (902, 1239) 1183 (1012, 1381)*
Intrahepatic triglyceride content (%) 4.8 (3.3, 7.0) 7.1 (4.7, 10.7)*
Glucose (mg/dL) 97 (94, 100) 99 (96, 103)
Insulin (mU/L) 13 (10, 16) 15 (11, 19)*
HOMA-IR 3.1 (2.4, 4.0) 3.7 (2.8, 4.8)*
Free fatty acid (μmol/L) 350±80 360±90
Free fatty acid Ra (μmol/min) 300±69 305±72
Triglyceride (mg/dL) 110±48 126±51*
Apolipoprotein B100 (mg/dL) 82±22 89±25§
β-hydroxybutyrate (μmol/L) 79 (52, 121) 46 (37, 58)*
Respiratory quotient 0.73±0.03 0.76±0.05**
Fat oxidation (g/kg/d) 1.5±0.4 1.3±0.4**
Carbohydrate oxidation (g/kg/d) 0.6±0.6 0.9±1.0**

Values are mean ± SD or 95% CIs.

HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; Ra, rate of appearance.

Value significantly different than corresponding value before weight gain:

*

P<0.001,

**

P<0.05,

§

P=0.07.