Table 4 Simple correlations among the Sartorius scores and changes in the study parameters after 28 days of the active phase of VLCKD

Anthropometric parameters

 Weight (kg)

0.038

0.908

 BMI (kg/m²)

0.035

0.914

 WC (cm)

− 0.211

0.510

BIA parameters

 R (Ω)

0.312

0.323

 Xc (Ω)

− 0.896

 < 0.001

 Na/K

− 0.149

0.643

 BCM (kg)

− 0.839

0.001

 TBW (%)

− 0.679

0.015

 ECW (%)

0.973

 < 0.001

 ICW (%)

− 0.951

 < 0.001

 FM (kg)

0.607

0.036

 FM (%)

0.627

0.029

 FFM (kg)

− 0.691

0.013

 FFM (%)

− 0.680

0.015

 MM (kg)

− 0.711

0.009

 MM (%)

− 0.707

0.010

 BCMI (kg/m²)

− 0.243

0.447

 PhA (°)

− 0.953

 < 0.001

Biochemical parameters

 Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dl)

0.192

0.571

 Insulin (μU/ml)

0.396

0.257

 HoMA-IR

0.353

0.317

 Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

− 0.266

0.429

 HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)

− 0.129

0.706

 LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)

− 0.149

0.662

 Triglycerides (mg/dL)

− 0.281

0.402

 Azotemia (mg/dL)

− 0.302

0.340

 Creatinemia (mg/dL)

− 0.024

0.941

 Uricemia (mg/dL)

− 0.291

0.358

 AST (U/L)

0.519

0.084

 ALT (U/L)

0.326

0.301

 γGT (U/L)

0.020

0.951

 ESR (mm/h)

0.314

0.410

 Sodiemia (mmol/l)

0.152

0.637

 Potassiema (mmol/l)

0.217

0.497

Dermatological parameter

 DLQI score

− 0.170

0.596

Inflammation and oxidative stress parameters

 Ox-LDL (μg/mL)

0.796

0.002

 dROMs (U Carr)

0.953

 < 0.001

 TMAO (µM)

0.936

 < 0.001