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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of subjects

From: Calcium plus vitamin D3 supplementation facilitated Fat loss in overweight and obese college students with very-low calcium consumption: a randomized controlled trial

 

Calcium+D Group

Control Group

P a

 

(n=22)

(n=21)

 

Age (years)

20.1±1.1b

20.3±0.8

0.50

Gender

21 F, 1 M

18 F, 2 M

0.52

Height (cm)

158.8±6.8

160.3±5.9

0.46

BMI (kg/m2)

26.0±1.8

25.7±1.7

0.66

Obese/overweight (%)c

22.2

10.5

0.67

Energy (kcal/d) a

1907.3±206.3

1888.0±349.5

0.83

Protein (%)

14.1±2.6

14.7±2.4

0.41

Fat (%)

31.7±4.4

30.7±6.7

0.53

Carbohydrates (%)

54.2±5.4

54.6±7.0

0.82

Habitual Calcium Intake (mg/d)

426.5±152.2

392.1±141.1

0.45

  1. Calcium+D, Calcium+Vitamin D3. BMI, body mass index. VFA, visceral fat area.
  2. a Independent t-test between means.
  3. b Mean ± standard deviation (all such values).
  4. c Overweight was defined as BMI from 24 to 27.9 kg/m2, and obesity was defined as BMI≥28 kg/m2 [14–16].