Research Article
Gastric Bypass Promotes More Lipid Mobilization Than a Similar Weight Loss Induced by Low-Calorie Diet
Table 2
Relative changes (%) over the low-calorie diet (LCD) and postGBP periods.
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Data from the 13 subjects who completed the MR investigations. BMI: body mass index, VAT: visceral adipose tissue volume, SAT: subcutaneous adipose tissue volume in the abdominal subvolume, EVF: erythrocyte volume fraction. ALT: alanine transaminase, AST: aspartate aminotransferase, GT: gamma glutamyltransferase, BNP: B-type natriuretic peptide, FFA: free fatty acids. Statistical significance evaluated from differences in relative changes over the LCD and GBP months. |