Table 1.

Participant characteristics at baseline and week 9

	Baseline	Week 9	P value
Age (years)	45.4 ± 8.2
Weight (kg)	104.0 ± 14.6	90.1 ± 11.6	< 0.001
BMI (kg/m2)	34.6 ± 3.4	30.3 ± 3.0	< 0.001
FM (kg)	43.3 ± 9.1	32.4 ± 8.6	< 0.001
FFM (kg)	60.0 ± 10.9	57.6 ± 9.9	< 0.001
PAL	1.50 ± 0.16	1.48 ± 0.14	0.369
RMRm (kcal/day)	1856 ± 249	1654 ± 204	< 0.001
RMRp (kcal/day)	1856 ± 221	1746 ± 193	< 0.001
RMRm-p (kcal/day)	−0.01 ± 113	−91.5 ± 110.4***

Data presented as mean ± SD. P value for the comparison between baseline and week 9. BMI: body mass index, FM: fat mass, FFM: fat-free mass, PAL: physical activity level, RMR: resting metabolic rate. ***P < 0.001 for the comparison between RMRm and RMRp