Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the subjects in the low fat (LF) and low carbohydrate (LC) diet groups.


Low Fat
 Low Carbohydrate
Variable
 Value
 Subjects
 Baseline % Body fat
 Mean change, % Body Fat [absolute %]
 Subjects
 Baseline % Body fat
 Mean change, % Body Fat [absolute %]
All
 All
 70
 35.5
 -2.02
 93
 34.6
 -2.97
Gender
 Female
 33
 37.6
 -1.49
 31
 38.0
 -1.27

Male
 37
 33.7
 -2.43
 62
 32.9
 -3.80
Age
 <20
 8
 34.4
 -3.00
 7
 34.8
 -4.70

20–30
 26
 32.2
 -1.56
 36
 33.4
 -2.36

30–40
 17
 39.6
 -2.32
 20
 37.2
 -2.81

40–50
 13
 33.9
 -2.60
 21
 35.0
 -2.72

50–60
 7
 41.6
 -0.85
 6
 32.6
 -4.93

60–70
 0
 -
 -
 3
 32.5
 -6.00
Heritage
 African Amer
 4
 37.9
 -1.63
 5
 36.7
 -2.82

Asian
 1
 36.5
 -3.08
 4
 36.2
 -3.34

Caucasian
 63
 35.4
 -2.01
 81
 34.5
 -2.50

Hispanic
 2
 32.3
 -0.99
 3
 34.7
 -2.16

Seip et al. Nutrition & Metabolism 2008 5:4   doi:10.1186/1743-7075-5-4