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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the participants in the SAAR and control groups1

From: Dietary sulfur amino acid restriction in humans with overweight and obesity: a translational randomized controlled trial

Characteristics

SAAR (n = 31)

Controls (n = 28)

Males, n (%)

8 (25.8)

8 (28.6)

 

Mean (SD)

Median (IQR)

Mean (SD)

Median (IQR)

Age, y

33.2 (5.86)

32 (29.5, 37.0)

34.4 (6.26)

34 (29.5, 38.8)

Body weight, kg

94.4 (10.7)

93.2 (86.6, 102)

88.7 (9.22)

88.6 (82.0, 95.7)

Body mass index, kg/m2

31.4 (2.12)

31.2 (29.5, 33.2)

30.8 (2.20)

30.3 (29.0, 32.4)

Waist-to-hip ratio

0.85 (0.08)

0.84 (0.79, 0.90)

0.86 (0.08)

0.84 (0.79, 0.92)

Percent body fat, %

42.0 (6.76)

44.0 (37.8, 47.3)

42.4 (5.80)

44.1 (39.2, 46.4)

Systolic blood pressure, mm/Hg

120 (10.9)

119 (111, 128)

119 (10.7)

118 (112, 125)

Diastolic blood pressure, mm/Hg

69.1 (7.57)

70.0 (64.0, 73.0)

70.0 (8.50)

66.7 (63.6, 76.1)

Apolipoprotein B, g/L

0.81 (0.20)

0.80 (0.65, 0.90)

0.91 (0.24)

0.90 (0.8, 1.00)

Apolipoprotein A1, g/L

1.49 (0.24)

1.50 (1.3, 1.6)

1.47 (0.26)

1.40 (1.30, 1.55)

LDL, mmol/L

2.81 (0.69)

2.80 (2.15, 3.35)

3.11 (0.71)

3.20 (2.65, 3.50)

HDL, mmol/L

1.40 (0.36)

1.30 (1.10, 1.65)

1.39 (0.38)

1.3 (1.15, 1.50)

Total cholesterol, mmol/L

4.66 (0.75)

4.90 (4.00, 5.15)

4.93 (0.83)

5.00 (4.35, 5.35)

Triglycerides, mmol/L

1.15 (0.55)

1.00 (0.7, 1.3)

1.07 (0.42)

1.00 (0.8, 1.35)

Glucose, mmol/L

5.16 (0.41)

5.20 (4.90, 5.45)

5.31 (0.50)

5.4 (5.05, 5.60)

Insulin, pmol/L

81.0 (47.0)

77.0 (43.5, 96.0)

75.5 (39.9)

66.0 (47.5, 99.5)

ASAT, U/L

24.3 (8.83)

24.0 (19.0, 26.0)

22.6 (6.93)

20.0 (18.0, 25.5)

ALAT, U/L

25.4 (9.64)

24.0 (20.0, 27.0)

27.9 (17.3)

22.0 (17.5, 31.0)

Creatinine, µmol/L

66.4 (11.4)

67.0 (56.5, 74.5)

69.0 (11.9)

72.0 (60.5, 76.5)

Resting metabolic rate, kcal/d

2016 (279)

2016 (1814, 2131)

1944 (288)

1944 (1728, 2145)

Respiratory quotient

0.79 (0.05)

0.79 (0.76, 0.83)

0.79 (0.03)

0.79 (0.77, 0.81)

  1. 1ALAT alanine aminotransferase, ASAT aspartate aminotransferase, HDL High-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein, SAAR sulfur amino acid restriction; All variables are mean (standard deviation) and median (IQR) except row for males