Case Report
Weight-Loss Cognitive-Behavioural Treatment and Essential Amino Acid Supplementation in a Patient with Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Obesity
Table 1
Body composition, resting energy expenditure variables, and laboratory results on the morning after overnight fasting.
| | Variable | 1st assessment during residential treatment | 2nd assessment at the end of outpatient treatment (1-year follow-up) |
| | Fat-free mass percentage (%) | 44.80 | 47.40 | | Fat-free mass (kg) | 43.85 | 44.66 | | Fat mass percentage (%) | 54.7 | 52.0 | | Fat mass (kg) | 52.91 | 48.47 | | Trunk fat percentage (%) | 57.00 | 55.00 | | Neck femoral BMD (g/cm2) | 0.655 | 0.681 | | Measured resting energy expenditure (mREE) (kcal/d) | 1589 | 1491 | | Respiratory quotient (RQ) | 0.74 | 0.82 | | Creatinine (mg/dl) | 0.10 | 0.10 | | Glucose (mg/dl) | 87 | 90 | | Insulin (μU/ml) | 27.8 | 20 | | HOMA index | 5.97 | 4.64 | | Total cholesterol (mg/dl) | 184 | 169 | | HDL cholesterol (mg/dl) | 47 | 47 | | LDL cholesterol (mg/dl) | 121 | 106 | | C-reactive protein (mg/dl) | 1.46 | 1.13 | | Fibrinogen (mg/dl) | 433 | 413 | | Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (mm/h) | 29 | 24 |
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