Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: The Personalized Nutrition Study (POINTS): evaluation of a genetically informed weight loss approach, a Randomized Clinical Trial

  

Fat-responders (n = 85)

Carbohydrate-responders (n = 37)

All participants (N = 122)

High-fat diet (n = 44)

High-carbohydrate diet (n = 41)

High-fat diet (n = 21)

High-carbohydrate diet (n = 16)

Race, n (%)

 White

83 (68.0)

30 (68.2)

31 (75.6)

12 (57.1)

10 (62.5)

 Black/ African American

36 (29.5)

12 (27.3)

10 (24.4)

9 (42.9)

5 (31.2)

 Other

3 (2.5)

2 (4.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (6.2)

Sex, n (%)

 Female

102 (83.6)

37 (84.1)

35 (85.4)

17 (81.0)

13 (81.2)

 Male

20 (16.4)

7 (15.9)

6 (14.6)

4 (19.0)

3 (18.8)

 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Age, years

54.4 (13.2)

57.4 (11.5)

54.4 (14.2)

49.8 (14.1)

52.4 (13.0)

Weight, kg

94.3 (15.2)

94.2 (14.0)

93.5 (14.4)

95.2 (17.6)

95.6 (18.1)

BMI, kg/m2

34.9 (5.1)

35.1 (5.0)

34.3 (4.8)

35.8 (5.8)

34.8 (5.3)

Body fat, %

45.1 (9.3)

45.0 (9.4)

45.2 (8.5)

43.8 (11.6)

46.1 (8.4)

Waist circumference, cm

109.0 (12.2)

109.3 (11.8)

108.5 (12.3)

109.3 (11.8)

109.2 (14.8)

Hip circumference, cm

118.9 (12.2)

117.5 (10.7)

118.3 (12.1)

120.1 (12.5)

122.8 (15.8)

Waist-hip ratio

0.92 (0.08)

0.94 (0.09)

0.92 (0.08)

0.91 (0.06)

0.89 (0.10)

SBP, mmHg

121.7 (11.9)

120.5 (11.6)

124.1 (12.9)

121.7 (11.5)

119.4 (10.5)

DBP, mmHg

74.7 (7.4)

75.1 (7.0)

74.5 (7.9)

75.0 (6.1)

73.9 (9.3)

  1. Data are mean (SD) for continuous and n (%) for categorical variables.
  2. BMI body mass index, DBP diastolic blood pressure, SBP systolic blood pressure, SD standard deviation.