Effects of an Ad Libitum Consumed Low-Fat Plant-Based Diet Supplemented with Plant-Based Meal Replacements on Body Composition Indices
Table 2
Demographic characteristics of control and interventional groups.
Parameter
Whole sample
Control group
Intervention group
()
()
()
Age (years)
40 (18–71)
41 (18–71)
40 (19–69)
0.98
Sex (female/male (%))
282/43 (87%/13%)
74/10 (88%/12%)
208/33 (86%/14%)
0.68
Height (cm)
167 (152–200)
168 (153–200)
167 (152–193)
0.9
Weight (kg)
77.7 (48.8–149.1)
73.7 (49.2–139.3)
79.3 (48.8–149.1)
0.02
Smoking ( (%))
19 (6%)
4 (5%)
15 (6%)
0.79
Married or living with a partner ( (%))
250 (77%)
57 (68%)
193 (80%)
0.02
University educational level ( (%))
117 (36%)
21 (25%)
96 (40%)
0.02
Frequent exercisers ( (%))
26 (8%)
3 (4%)
23 (10%)
0.08
For normally distributed variables the data are given as mean ± SD and for nonnormally distributed variables as median (range). Habitual personal workout more than 3 times per week.
