Mediators of Inflammation

Research Article

Impact of Intensive Lifestyle Modification on Levels of Adipokines and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Metabolically Healthy Obese Women

Table 2

Adherence to Mediterranean diet at baseline ( MHO participants) vs. after 2 years ( MHO participants) of lifestyle modification, according to percentage of weight loss.


	Weight loss group	Baseline	2 years

Very low adherence ( (%))	<5%	3 (6.4)	0 (0.0)	—
	≥5-<10%	2 (7.4)	0 (0.0)	—
	≥10%	4 (13.3)	0 (0.0)	—
	All	9 (8.0)	0 (0.0)	—

Low adherence ( (%))	<5%	16 (34.0)	6 (27.3)	0.006
	≥5-<10%	13 (48.1)	0 (0.0)	—
	≥10%	11 (36.7)	1 (5.0)	<0.001
	All	40 (41.6)	7 (12.7)	0.001

Moderate adherence ( (%))	<5%	28 (59.6)	14 (63.6)	0.01
	≥5-<10%	12 (44.4)	12 (92.3)	0.006
	≥10%	15 (50.0)	10 (50.0)	0.824
	All	55 (50.4)	36 (65.5)	0.003

High adherence ( (%))	<5%	0 (0.0)	2 (9.1)	—
	≥5-<10%	0 (0.0)	1 (7.7)	—
	≥10%	0 (0.0)	9 (45.0)	—
	All	0 (0.0)	12 (21.8)	—

Group 1: weight loss <5% (baseline, ; 2^nd year, ); Group 2: weight loss ≥5-<10% (baseline, ; 2^nd year, ); Group 3: weight loss ≥10% (baseline, ; 2^nd year, ). Adherence to Mediterranean diet was measured as follows: very low adherence <5 points, low adherence ≥5-<8 points, moderate adherence ≥8-<12 points, and high adherence ≥12 points.