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Table 5 Laboratory variables

From: Very low calorie diet without aspartame in obese subjects: improved metabolic control after 4 weeks treatment

Variable

Inclusion

After diet, four weeks

P

N

CRP (mg/l)*

5.0 (4.9-8.0)

<5

0.04

25

Hemoglobin (g/l)

135 (132–140)

138 (132.5-143.5)

0.01

24

Trombocytes (109/l)

325 (244–389)

316 (203–357)

0.01

24

White blood cells (109/l)

6.5 (5.9-7.8)

6.8 (5.95-7.6)

0.71

24

Mean cellular volume (fl)

88 (86–91)

88 (85.5-90.5)

0.12

24

Sodium (mmol/l)

140 (139–141)

139 (139–141)

0.91

25

Potassium (mmol/l)

4.3 (4.1-4.5)

4.3 (4.1-4.4)

0.04

21

Calcium (mmol/l)

2.37 (2.32-2.41)

2.42 (2.36-2.47)

0.06

25

Creatinine (μmol/l)

61 (53–67)

76 (53–75)

0.19

23

Bilirubin (μmol/l)

8 (7–10)

9 (8–12)

0.03

25

ALT (μkat/l)

0.48 (0.37-0.64)

0.53 (0.39-0.98)

0.01

25

AST (μkat/l)

0.35 (0.30-0.44)

0.42 (0.34-0.62)

0.001

24

ALP (μkat/l)

1.36 (1.11-1.48)

1.26 (0.91-1.39)

0.02

25

  1. Changes in non-metabolic blood chemistry values. Presented as median (inter quartile range). P-value denotes the level of statistical significance in the difference between value at inclusion and after diet. *Low-sensitive CRP.