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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the participants

From: Effects of alternate day calorie restriction and exercise on cardio-metabolic risk factors in overweight and obese adults: an exploratory randomized controlled study

Variables

E-ADCR

ADCR

Exercise

Control

p-value

n

12

13

10

10

 

Sex (F, M)

7, 5

10, 3

3, 7

6, 4

0.170

Age (years)

37.3 ± 7.3

32.9 ± 7.3

35.7 ± 7.9

40.6 ± 10.0

0.168

Height (cm)

163.2 ± 9.2

163.5 ± 7.1

170.8 ± 7.7

163.3 ± 6.9

0.086

Body weight (kg)

74.0 ± 13.7

74.1 ± 11.5

83.2 ± 16.7

70.8 ± 13.6

0.227

BMI (kg/m2)

27.5 ± 2.6

27.6 ± 2.8

28.3 ± 4.1

26.3 ± 3.0

0.548

Muscle mass (kg)

27.2 ± 7.4

26.6 ± 4.8

32.3 ± 7.2

26.5 ± 5.8

0.136

Fat mass (kg)

25.0 ± 4.6

25.9 ± 5.5

25.8 ± 7.2

22.9 ± 5.5

0.601

Percent body fat (%)

34.2 ± 6.1

34.9 ± 4.6

31.0 ± 5.0

32.2 ± 4.4

0.258

WC (cm)

90.5 ± 6.6

91.6 ± 7.9

95.5 ± 11.9

88.5 ± 7.5

0.328

SBP (mmHg)

120.8 ± 11.9

119.6 ± 16.7

125.3 ± 16.8

117.3 ± 14.4

0.683

DBP (mmHg)

80.3 ± 11.3

78.1 ± 14.0

83.5 ± 8.7

78.1 ± 10.2

0.668

HR (bpm)

78.4 ± 10.8

78.2 ± 9.4

74.2 ± 11.2

72.5 ± 12.6

0.511

Insulin (uIU/ml)

9.4 ± 3.5

9.3 ± 4.1

7.5 ± 3.6

8.5 ± 6.2

0.741

Glucose (mg/dl)

98.0 ± 17.0

90.0 ± 9.5

93.0 ± 8.0

87.0 ± 5.4

0.131

HOMA-IR

2.4 ± 1.4

2.1 ± 1.0

1.7 ± 0.9

1.8 ± 1.4

0.595

TG (mg/dl)

133.4 ± 47.1

108.8 ± 48.7

142.7 ± 78.3

109.5 ± 86.8

0.543

TC (mg/dl)

182.8 ± 26.0

189.8 ± 23.9

177.8 ± 33.4

178.5 ± 38.0

0.757

HDL-C (mg/dl)

48.0 ± 10.4

58.5 ± 15.0

44.8 ± 9.9

54.6 ± 11.8

0.041

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD
  2. E-ADCR Exercise plus alternate day calorie restriction, ADCR Alternate day calorie restriction, BMI Body mass index, WC Waist circumference, SBP Systolic blood pressure, DBP Diastolic blood pressure, HR Heart rate, HOMA-IR Homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance, TG Triglycerides, TC Total cholesterol, HDL-C High-density lipoprotein cholesterol