Fasting Therapy Contributes to the Improvement of Endothelial Function and Decline in Vascular Injury-Related Markers in Overweight and Obese Individuals via Activating Autophagy of Endothelial Progenitor Cells
Table 1
Subject characteristics before and after FT interventions.
Subject characteristics
Pre-FT
Post-FT
value
Age, y
43.54 ± 10.60
—
—
Male, n
5
—
—
Female, n
8
—
—
Overweight, n
8
—
—
Obesity, n
5
—
—
Body weight, kg
81.76 ± 12.04
77.51 ± 12.06
<0.01
BMI, kg/m2
29.93 ± 2.82
28.47 ± 2.83
<0.01
ΔWeight, kg
—
4.25 ± 1.01
—
Percentage of weight loss, %
—
5.30 ± 1.40
—
Heart rate, per min
68.76 ± 9.68
70.92 ± 9.34
0.40
SBP, mmHg
135.80 ± 17.39
125.30 ± 15.01
<0.01
DBP, mmHg
80.54 ± 12.86
80.77 ± 8.97
0.91
FPG, mmol/L
5.25 ± 2.24
3.90 ± 0.52
0.04
TC, mmol/L
5.25 ± 0.94
5.70 ± 1.25
0.01
LDL-C, mmol/L
3.17 ± 0.96
3.77 ± 0.91
0.01
HDL-C, mmol/L
1.31 ± 0.52
1.11 ± 0.24
0.27
TG, mmol/L
1.71 ± 0.53
1.24 ± 0.38
0.03
BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; FPG: fasting plasma glucose; TC: total cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG: triglycerides. Data are shown as n or mean ± SD. ,.
