Retrospective Long-Term Comparison of Naturopathic Fasting Therapy and Weight Reduction Diet in Overweight Patients

Table 2

Demographic and biometric characteristics of the study patients.

	Fasting; patients	Weight reduction diet patients
Living situation
Living in partnership	66%	66%
Single	25%	21%
Living in partnership with children	8%	9%
Living with children alone	1%	4%
Highest graduation
Elementary school	69%	74%
Secondary school	21%	13%
University-entrance diploma	10%	13%
Working status
Employed	21%	28%
Housewives/unemployed	12%	6%
Pensioner	67%	66%
Gender
Female	84%	77%
Male	16%	23%
BMI	30.8 ± 4.6 kg/m²	31.6 ± 4.7 kg/m²