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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 7.
Published in final edited form as: Metabolism. 2016 Jul 25;65(11):1605–1613. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2016.07.008

Table 2. Weight and waist circumference change by diet group and insulin resistance status.

Insulin Sensitive Insulin Resistant**

Lower Fat Diet Lower Carb Diet Walnut-Rich Diet Lower Fat Diet Lower Carb Diet Walnut-Rich Diet
Baseline
n 39 39 41 43 42 41
Weight (kg) (Mean [SEM]) 86.7 (1.6) 87.4 (2.2) 87.3 (1.7) 92.3 (1.5) 92.4 (1.7) 92.8 (1.9)
Waist (cm) (Mean [SEM]) 104 (2) 104 (1) 104 (1) 108 (1) 109 (1) 109 (1)
12 months
n 37 37 35 39 32 34
Weight change (kg) (Mean [SEM]) -7.5 (1.3) -4.3 (1.0) -8.1 (1.2)* -8.8 (1.5) -7.0 (1.4) -6.8 (1.4)
% Weight change -8.7 (1.5) -5.5 (1.1) -9.2 (1.3) -9.6 (1.5) -7.6 (1.5) -7.2 (1.4)
% Who lost ≥5% 65 59 62 65 53 52

Waist change (cm) (Mean [SEM]) -9 (1) -4 (1) -6 (1) -7 (1) -8 (2) -7 (2)
*

Diet effect compared with lower carbohydrate diet, holding time and insulin resistance status constant, P < 0.05.

**

Insulin resistance status effect: Insulin resistant women were on average 5.4 kg heavier than insulin sensitive women, P = 0.03, and had waist circumference 2 cm larger, P = 0.01.