Table 1.

Baseline characteristics, and anthropometric indices of the participants.

Characteristics	Intermittent fasting (5:2) diet (n = 21)	Control diet (n = 23)	P -value b
Age (years)	46.42 ± 13.35	44.17 ± 4.9	0.454
Gender n (%)
Male	12 (57.1)	15 (65.2)	0.405
Female	9 (42.9)	8 (34.8)
Smoking n (%)
Yes	2(9.5)	2(8.7)	0.661
No	19(90.5)	21(91.3)
Anthropometric indices
Height (cm)	168.47 ± 10.68	170.91 ± 9.83	0.435
Body weight (kg)
Before	86.65 ± 12.57	89.33 ± 18.47–88.31 ± 11.01	0.461
After	82.94 ± 11.60	88.31 ± 11.01	0.123
P-valuea	<0.001	0.064
BMI (kg/m2)
Before	30.42 ± 2.27	30.60 ± 30.09	0.826
After	29.13 ± 1.95	30.26 ± 3.08	0.158
P-valuea	<0.001	0.063
Waist circumference (cm)
Before	103.52 ± 6.42	107.09 ± 9.47	0.107
After	100.52 ± 5.64	107.19 ± 8.93	0.006
P-valuea	0.001	0.928
Lean body mass (kg)
Before	59.97 ± 10.75	62.10 ± 11.29	0.525
After	59.09 ± 10.37	59.33 ± 12.28	0.854
P-valuea	0.565	<0.0001
Body fat (kg)
Before	26.64 ± 5.43	27.21 ± 7.33	0.762
After	23.85 ± 5.85	28.93 ± 7.91	0.025
P-valuea	0.039	0.041
Total body water (kg)
Before	43.76 ± 8.21	45.11 ± 8.57	0.140
After	43.11 ± 7.37	43.19 ± 7.87	0.136
P-valuea	0.773	0.001

BMI, body mass index.

Values are expressed as mean ± SD.

^aWithin-group comparison (a paired samples t-test was used for testing two values within group).

^bBetween-group comparison (an independent sample t-test was used for quantitative variables).