Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients.

	All Patients Mean (±sd)	VLCKD_MED Group Mean (±sd)	VLCD_MED Group Mean (±sd)	p Value
	N = 80	N = 40	N = 40
Men/women	40/40	20/20	20/20	0.77
Age (years)	51.95 ± 1.75	52.08 ± 1.71	51.83 ± 1.80	0.092
Weight (kg)	90.37 ± 2.76	91.13 ± 2.79	89.62 ± 2.74	0.70
Height (m)	1.66 ± 0.02	1.65 ± 0.02	1.66 ± 0.02	0.78
BMI (kg/m2)	33.08 ± 1.83	33.42 ± 0.93	32.64 ± 0.98	0.56

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (sd). p < 0.05.