Table 4.
Measures of participants before and after the low-fat and habitual diet phases
| Low-fat diet phase | Habitual diet phase | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Mean ± SE; n = 41) | (Mean ± SE; n = 41) | |||||
| Before | After | p1 | Before | After | p2 | |
| Body Weight (kg) | 63.5 ± 1.4 | 61.7 ± 1.3 | <0.001 | 62.2 ± 1.3 | 63.3 ± 1.3 | <0.001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 23.4 ± 0.5 | 22.7 ± 0.4 | <0.001 | 22.9 ± 0.4 | 23.4 ± 0.4 | <0.001 |
| Waist (cm) | 76.2 ± 1.1 | 74.6 ± 1.0 | <0.001 | 75.8 ± 1.0 | 76.3 ± 1.0 | 0.93 |
| Hip (cm) | 101.0 ± 1.0 | 99.4 ± 0.9 | <0.001 | 100.2 ± 1.1 | 101.3 ± 0.9 | 0.44 |
| Waist:Hip | 0.76 ± 0.05 | 0.75 ± 0.04 | <0.05 | 0.75 ± 0.004 | 0.75 ± 0.04 | 1.0 |
| Body fat (%) | 30.2 ± 0.8 | 28.6 ± 0.8 | <0.001 | 29.8 ± 0.9 | 30.3 ± 0.8 | 0.68 |
| Lean mass (%) | 18.9 ± 0.5 | 19.0 ± 0.5 | NS | 19.3 ± 0.5 | 19.3 ± 0.4 | 1.0 |
p1, significance using a paired t-test before vs. after low-fat diet. p2, significance of the paired t-test before vs. after habitual diet