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. 2022 May 30;45(9):1757–1767. doi: 10.1007/s40618-022-01815-5

Table 2.

Changes in dietary intake, body composition, inflammatory cytokines, and adipocytokines from baseline to 10% weight loss

Baseline (n = 37) 10% weight loss (n = 37) p value
Dietary intake
 Total energy intake (kcal/d) 1881.0 (650.2) 1109.2 (280.2) 0.000
 Carbohydrates (g/d) 259.2 (106.0) 98.2 (45.0) 0.000
 Protein (g/d) 66.7 (45.9, 81.8) 68.9 (56.7, 84.3) 0.492
 Fat (g/d) 63.3 (48.1, 85.5) 50.0 (40.5, 61.1) 0.000
 Calcium (mg/d) 402.1 (249.1, 545.2) 610.0 (483.5, 742.6) 0.024
 Phosphorus (mg/d) 1019.8 (366.1) 965.8 (274.4) 0.398
 Calcium/phosphorus ratio 0.45 (0.29, 0.65) 0.65 (0.52, 0.79) 0.009
Sunshine exposure (min/week) 60 (0, 210) 70 (0, 210) 0.670
Body composition
 Body weight (kg) 84.9 (16.1) 76.4(14.9) 0.000
 BMI (kg/m2) 30.5 (4.2) 27.5 (3.9) 0.000
 Fat body mass (kg) 30.3 (24.5, 37.3) 23.9 (19.8, 30.4) 0.000
 Lean body mass (kg) 54.4 (9.9) 51.1 (8.9) 0.000
 Body water (kg) 39.1 (7.2) 36.8 (6.4) 0.000
 Minerals (kg) 4.7 (4.0, 5.5) 4.3 (3.6, 5.1) 0.000
 Basal metabolism (kcal) 1300 (1236, 1471) 1272 (1211, 1420) 0.000
Serum markers
 IL-1β (pg/ mL) 5.91 (5.45, 7.08) 5.73 (5.27, 7.02) 0.886
 IL-2 (pg/mL) 10.53 (8.94, 12.55) 9.37 (8.90, 10.66) 0.013
 IL-6 (pg/ mL) 4.33 (2.05, 5.12) 3.89 (1.11, 5.41) 0.492
 IL-8 (pg/ mL) 4.53 (3.82, 5.00) 4.58 (4.08, 5.01) 0.667
 IL-10 (pg/mL) 8.82 (7.00, 12.20) 10.82 (7.49, 12.68) 0.274
 TNF-α (pg/mL) 6.33 (5.34, 8.65) 6.72 (5.16, 7.49) 0.258
 Leptin (ng/mL) 33.11 (18.58, 46.90) 18.9 (13.0, 30.8) 0.001
 Adiponectin (μg/mL) 5.70 (4.60, 7.55) 6.08 (5.02, 8.15) 0.541
 Acylated ghrelin (pg/mL) 11.46 (6.31, 19.57) 17.08 (6.50, 29.65) 0.033

Data with normal distributions are given as the mean (SD); those with skewed distributions are presented as the median (IQR)