Table 3.
Anthropometric and body composition parameters with respect to compliance.
| Compliant patients (n = 18) | Noncompliant patients (n = 30) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Middle of treatment | End of treatment | p | Baseline | Middle of treatment | End of treatment | p | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.6 ± 4.2 | 25.4 ± 4.3 | 25.3 ± 4.3 | 0.536 | 26.9 ± 4.5 | 26.0 ± 4.4 | 24.6 ± 4.3∗ | <0.001 |
| Weight | 68.7 ± 14.9 | 69.2 ± 14.9 | 68.6 ± 14.4 | 0.666 | 76.1 ± 14.3 | 71.3 ± 13.6 | 67.5 ± 13.0∗ | <0.001 |
| % fat | 24.1 ± 10.1 | 23.8 ± 9.6 | 23.4 ± 9.2 | 0.744 | 25.3 ± 8.2 | 26.0 ± 8.8 | 23.6 ± 9.2∗ | <0.001 |
| FM (kg) | 17.6 ± 9.4 | 17.4 ± 8.9 | 16.8 ± 8.2 | 0.906 | 19.2 ± 8.1 | 18.8 ± 8.1 | 16.4 ± 7.8∗ | <0.001 |
| FFM (kg) | 51.1 ± 8.3 | 51.7 ± 8.6 | 51.7 ± 9.1 | 0.568 | 54.9 ± 9.9 | 52.6 ± 9.6 | 51.2 ± 9.5∗ | <0.001 |
| Muscle mass (kg) | 48.6 ± 7.9 | 49.1 ± 8.8 | 49.1 ± 8.7 | 0.568 | 52.1 ± 9.5 | 49.9 ± 9.2 | 48.6 ± 9.1∗ | <0.001 |
48 patients with three BIA measurements and a food recall were evaluated; Friedman repeated measures; FM: fat mass; FFM: fat free mass
(∗) p < 0.001 when compared to baseline values.