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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the intervention and control groups

From: Impact of a ketogenic diet intervention during radiotherapy on body composition: III—final results of the KETOCOMP study for breast cancer patients

Parameter

KD group (n = 29)

SD group (n = 30)

p value

Age [years]

52 (29–78)

53 (25–68)

0.785

Body weight [kg]

74.2 (47.5–120)

70.0 (48.1–124.2)

0.336

BMI [kg/m2]

28.3 (19.9–45.2)

25.0 (18.8–43.0)

0.157

Fat mass [kg]

30.3 (13.3–65.6)

26.5 (12.0–69.9)

0.208

Fat free mass [kg]

44.2 (30.8–54.4)

43.0 (31.5–54.3)

0.596

Skeletal muscle mass [kg]

20.5 (11.5–26.2)

19.6 (13.2–23.8)

0.370

50 kHz phase angle [°]

4.98 (4.22–5.67)

4.65 (3.72–5.88)

0.050

Estrogen receptor status

  

0.423

Positive

27 (93.1%)

24 (80.0%)

 

Negative

2 (6.9%)

5 (16.7%)

 

Unknown

0

1 (3.3%)

 

Progesterone receptor status

  

0.530

Positive

24 (82.8%)

21 (70%)

 

Negative

5 (17.2%)

8 (26.7%)

 

Unknown

0

1 (3.3%)

 

HER2/neu status

  

0.790

Positive

11 (37.9%)

13 (43.3%)

 

Negative

18 (62.1%)

16 (53.3%)

 

Unknown

0

1 (3.3%)

 

Affected breast

  

0.435

 Left

18 (62.1%)

15 (50%)

 

 Right

11 (37.9%)

15 (50%)

 

Smoking status

  

0.265

 No

15

10

 

 Active

4

8

 

 Formerly

10

12

 

Tobacco consumption [pack years]

0 (0–60)

3 (0–30)

0.249

Radiotherapy fractions

28 (16–31)

28 (16–31)

0.449

PTV [cm3]

1092 (398–2091)

999 (345–2475)

0.383

Glucose [mg/dl]

99 (82–176)

96 (81–113)

0.197

β-OHB [mmol/l]

0.11 (0.01–0.45)

0.06 (0.02–0.29)

0.0188

Insulin [mU/l]

7.7 (2–45.6)

8.1 (2.5–27.2)

0.928

IGF-1 [ng/ml]

197 (45–364)

212 (116–348)

0.901

T3 [pg/ml]

3.13 (2.63–4.13)

3.16 (2.04–4.5)

0.823

Global quality of life score

66.7 (33.3–100)

66.7 (0–100)

0.981

  1. Continuous and categorical variables are presented as median (range) and frequencies, respectively. BMI body mass index, IGF-1 insulin-like growth factor 1, KD ketogenic diet, PTV planning target volume, SD standard diet