Table 1.

Participant characteristics prior to treatments

Characteristics (n = 134)	Mean ± SD
Age (y)	25.1 ± 9.2
BMI (kg/m2)	28.9 ± 7.7
Height (cm)	171.3 ± 9.7
Weight (kg)	85.0 ± 23.5
Gender (male, %)	72 (54.1)
Blood chemistry
Albumin (g/dL)	4.4 ± 0.3
Potassium (mEq/L)	4.0 ± 0.3
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.9 ± 0.2
Glucose (mg/dL)	74 ± 26
Calcium (mg/dL)	9.5 ± 0.4
SBP (mm Hg)	113 ± 9
DBP (mm Hg)	64 ± 7

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; DBP, brachial diastolic blood pressure; SBP, brachial systolic blood pressure; SD, standard deviation.