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Clinical Trial
. 1999 Nov;23(11):1170-7.
doi: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801048.

Changes in renal function during weight loss induced by high vs low-protein low-fat diets in overweight subjects

A R Skov  1 , S Toubro, J Bülow, K Krabbe, H H Parving, A Astrup
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Clinical Trial

Changes in renal function during weight loss induced by high vs low-protein low-fat diets in overweight subjects

A R Skov et al. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 1999 Nov.

Abstract

Background: Due to the high satiating effect of protein, a high-protein diet may be desirable in the treatment of obesity. However the long-term effect of different levels of protein intake on renal function is unclear.

Objective: To assess the renal effects of high vs low protein contents in fat-reduced diets.

Design: Randomized 6 months dietary intervention study comparing two controlled ad libitum diets with 30 energy (E%) fat content: high-protein (HP; 25 E%) or low-protein, (LP, 12 E% protein). All food was provided by self-selection in a shop at the department, and high compliance to the diet composition was confirmed by measurements of urinary nitrogen excretion.

Subjects: 65 healthy, overweight and obese (25<body mass index (BMI)<34 kg/m2).

Results: Dietary protein intake changed from 91.1 g/d to a 6 months intervention average of 70.4 g/d (P<0.05) in the LP group and from 91.4 g/d to 107.8 g/d (P<0.05) in the HP group, producing changes in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of -7.1 ml/min in the LP group and +5. 2 ml/min in the HP group (group effect: P<0.05). Kidney volume decreased by -6.2 cm3 in the LP group and increased by +9.1 cm3 in the HP group (P<0.05), whereas albuminuria remained unchanged in all groups.

Conclusion: Moderate changes in dietary protein intake cause adaptive alterations in renal size and function without indications of adverse effects.

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