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Table 2 Baseline participant characteristics

From: Resistant starch lowers postprandial glucose and leptin in overweight adults consuming a moderate-to-high-fat diet: a randomized-controlled trial

Characteristic

HAM-RS2 (n = 11)

Control (n = 7)

P valuea

Female, n (%)

9 (81.8)

6 (85.7)

 

Age, years

31.0 ± 3.0

31.2 ± 4.2

0.973

Body mass index (kg/m2)

34.8 ± 1.5

30.6 ± 1.5

0.085

Waist circumference (cm)

99.1 ± 3.7

91.6 ± 3.3

0.151

Total body fat mass (kg)b

42.8 ± 3.1

34.6 ± 3.0

0.085

Total body lean mass (kg)b

47.3 ± 1.8

43.7 ± 2.3

0.179

Trunk total mass (kg)b

47.1 ± 3.6

43.9 ± 6.0

0.285

Trunk fat mass (kg)b

22.2 ± 2.1

19.8 ± 3.0

0.285

Trunk lean mass (kg)b

23.8 ± 1.8

23.1 ± 2.9

0.479

Android fat (kg)b

50.8 ± 2.1

50.1 ± 0.8

0.791

Gynoid fat (kg)b

52.2 ± 2.6

49.6 ± 1.0

0.285

Visceral adipose tissue (in3)b

76.8 ± 13.9

63.0 ± 18.1

0.417

  1. Data presented as mean ± SEM except for qualitative values. All body composition measurements were obtained in triplicate after fasting for ≥8 h
  2. aBetween group differences determined by Mann–Whitney U test
  3. bMeasured by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (Lunar DPX NT model, GE Healthcare, Fairfield, CT, USA)