Table 1 The characteristics of the participants in the study
Participants’ characteristics (if less than 100, the number is given in brackets) | Mean Median Number | SD Range Proportion (%) |
|---|---|---|
Gender (female/male) | 83 / 17 | 83% / 17% |
Age (years) | 44.3 | 8.5 |
Body weight (kg) | 121.8 | 16.2 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 41.9 | 3.5 |
Living with someone (99) | 84 | 85% |
Working (no / part time / full-time) (98) | 23 / 32 / 43 | 23%/33%/44% |
Smoking (never/previously/daily) | 43 /44 / 13 | 43%/44%/13% |
Total physical activity (score 0-8) | 4.6 | 2.2 |
Heavy physical activity (hrs. Per week: no / <1 / 1-2 / >2) | 28/29/32/11 | 28%/29%/32%/11% |
State of health (98) (Poor/Not quite good/ Good/ Very good) | 10/54/30/4 | 10%/55%/31%/4% |
Fibromyalgia | 19 | 19% |
Muscle-skeletal pain score (range 0-12) | 4.0 | 0 – 12 |
Hypertension (96) | 57 | 59% |
Diabetes | 20 | 20% |
HSCL10 > 1.85 (mental distress) | 27 | 27% |
WHO-5 (low mood) (cut-off <50) | 30 | 30% |
Fatigue (cut-of >36) (99) | 48 | 48% |
Irritable bowel syndrome (97) | 27 | 28% |
Functional bloating (96) | 14 | 15% |
Functional diarrhea (97) | 2 | 2% |
GSRS-diarrhea (score 1 - 7) (80) | 1.5 | 1.0 – 4.8 |
GSRS-bloating (score 1 - 7) (80) | 2.3 | 1.0 – 6.0 |
Blood tests | ||
 Haemoglobin (F: 11-15; M: 13-17 g/dl) (98) | 14.4 | 1.1 |
 Serum iron (9-34 μmol/L (98) | 15.0 | 5.5 |
 Transferrin saturation (0.10-0.57) (97) | 0.23 | 0.09 |
 Ferritin (10-380 μg/dL) (98) | 96 | 7 - 584 |
 CRP (<5 mg/L) (98) | 5 | 0 - 28 |
 s-Glucose (4.2-6.3 mmol/L) (98) | 5.7 | 4.0 – 23.2 |
 HbA1C (4.3-5.6%) (98) | 5.4 | 4.6 – 11.5 |
 C-peptide (0.3-2.4 nmol/L) (98) | 1.47 | 0.53 – 4.31 |
 Cholesterol (3-7 mmol/L) (98) | 5.0 | 1.0 |
 HDL (F: 1.0-2.7; M: 0.8-2.1 mmol/L) (98) | 1.2 | 0.3 |
 LDL (1-5 mmol/L) (98) | 3.3 | 0.9 |
 Vitamin A (1.2-3.4 μmol/L) (91) | 2.0 | 0.4 |
 Vitamin B1 (122-223 nmol/l) (97) | 158 | 27 |
 Vitamin B6 (27-273 nmol/l) (96) | 23 | 6 - 209 |
 Vitamin B12 (141-700 pmol/L) (98) | 338 | 173 - 1401 |
 Vitamin D (45-161 nmol/L) (98) | 58 | 23 |
 Folic acid (9-36 nmol/l) | 17 | 7 – 46 |