Outcome
Type |
Measure |
Description |
Time frame |
Safety issue |
Primary |
change in body weight |
The objective of this measure is to see if eating macadamia nuts could reduce body weight. An In body machine will be used to identify this by measuring the weight of the participants at the baseline and at the end of each diet phase. The weight will be measured in Kilograms |
baseline to 18 weeks |
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Primary |
change in body adiposity |
The objective of this measure is to see if eating Macadamia Nuts could reduce percentage body fat. Air Displacement Plethysmography will be used to determine any change in body percentage fat at the baseline and end of each diet phase |
baseline to 18 weeks |
|
Primary |
change in body fat mass |
The objective of this measure is to see if eating Macadamia nuts could change body fat mass at the baseline and end of each diet phase using In Body device (InBody570, Seoul, Korea) that utilizes bioelectric impedance method. |
baseline to 18 weeks |
|
Primary |
change in body percentage fat |
The objective of this measure is to see if eating Macadamia nuts could change body percentage fat at the baseline and end of each diet phase using In Body device (InBody570, Seoul, Korea) that utilizes bioelectric impedance method. |
baseline to 18 weeks |
|
Primary |
change in total body water |
The objective of this measure is to see if eating Macadamia nuts could change total body water at the baseline and end of each diet phase using In Body device (InBody570, Seoul, Korea) that utilizes bioelectric impedance method. |
baseline to 18 weeks |
|
Primary |
change in skeletal muscle mass |
The objective of this measure is to see if eating Macadamia nuts could change skeletal muscle mass at the baseline and end of each diet phase using In Body device (InBody570, Seoul, Korea) that utilizes bioelectric impedance method. |
baseline to 18 weeks |
|
Primary |
change in lean body mass |
The objective of this measure is to see if eating Macadamia nuts could change lean body mass at the baseline and end of each diet phase using In Body device (InBody570, Seoul, Korea) that utilizes bioelectric impedance method. |
baseline to 18 weeks |
|
Primary |
change in dry lean mass |
The objective of this measure is to see if eating Macadamia nuts could change dry lean mass at the baseline and end of each diet phase using In Body device (InBody570, Seoul, Korea) that utilizes bioelectric impedance method. |
baseline to 18 weeks |
|
Primary |
change in fasting plasma cholesterol (mg/dl) |
change in fasting plasma cholesterol (mg/dl) will be measured by an enzymatic method with the use of a single aqueous reagent |
baseline to 18 weeks |
|
Primary |
change in fasting plasma low density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dl) |
change in fasting plasma low density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dl) will be estimated by the use of a two reagent calorimetric enzymatic homogeneous system on the AU480 clinical chemistry analyzer |
baseline to 18 weeks |
|
Primary |
change in fasting plasma high density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dl) |
change in fasting plasma high density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dl) will be measured by a two-phase reaction with calorimetric end point detection |
baseline to 18 weeks |
|
Primary |
change in fasting plasma triglycerides(mg/dl) |
change in fasting plasma triglycerides(mg/dl) will be measured by an enzymatic hydrolysis method |
baseline to 18 weeks |
|
Primary |
change in serum apolipoprotein B (mg/dl) |
change in serum apolipoprotein B (mg/dl) will be measured by an immuno-turbidimetric procedure using AU480 clinical chemistry analyser |
baseline to 18 weeks |
|
Primary |
change in serum apolipoprotein A1 (mg/dl) |
change in serum apolipoprotein A1 (mg/dl) will be measured by an immuno-turbidimetric procedure using AU480 clinical chemistry analyser |
baseline to 18 weeks |
|
Primary |
change in serum small density low density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dl) |
change in serum small density low density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dl) will be measured using a two reagent calorimetric enzymatic homogenous system on the AU480 clinical chemistry analyzer. |
baseline to 18 weeks |
|
Primary |
change in serum oxidized low density lipoprotein (mg/dl) |
change in serum oxidized low density lipoprotein (mg/dl) will be measured using a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, Human oxidized low density lipoprotein enzyme linked immunosorbent assay kit |
baseline to 18 weeks |
|
Primary |
change in fasting plasma glucose |
change in fasting plasma glucose levels (mg/dl) will be measured on a clinical chemistry analyzer,AU480 Clinical Chemistry Analyzer, (Beckman Coulter, Inc., Diagnostics Division Headquarters, Brea CA 92821.) |
baseline to 18 weeks |
|
Primary |
change in fasting plasma insulin |
change in fasting plasma insulin (uIU/ml) will be measured measured by solid-phase, two-site chemiluminescent immunometric assays using the IMMULITE 2000, (Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Los Angeles, CA 90045) |
baseline to 18 weeks |
|
Primary |
change in insulin resistance |
change in insulin resistance will be measured using the Homeostatic Model Assessment calculator version 2 (HOMA2-IR) |
baseline to 18 weeks |
|
Secondary |
effect modification of adiposity |
The objective of this measure is to determine if adiposity is an effect modifier of low density lipoprotein cholesterol, lowering the effect of the macadamia nut intake. The test of this interaction will be performed using statistical analysis system (SAS) software |
baseline to 18 weeks |
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Secondary |
change in serum Interleukin -6 |
change in serum interleukin-6 (pg/ml) will be measured by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) |
baseline to 18 weeks |
|
Secondary |
change in serum tumor necrosis factor alpha |
change in serum tumor necrosis factor alpha (pg/ml) will be measured by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) |
baseline to 18 weeks |
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Secondary |
change in serum soluble selectin (ng/ml) |
change in serum soluble selectin (ng/ml) will be measured by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) |
baseline to 18 weeks |
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Secondary |
change in serum soluble -intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ng/dl) |
change in serum soluble -intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ng/dl)will be measured by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) |
baselline to 18 weeks |
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Secondary |
change in serum soluble -vascular adhesion molecule 1 (ng/dl) |
change in serum soluble -intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ng/dl)will be measured by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) |
baselline to 18 weeks |
|
Secondary |
change in C reactive protein |
change in C reactive protein (mg/l) will be measured by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) |
baseline to 18 weeks |
|
Secondary |
change in Malondialdehyde |
change in Malondialdehyde (micromole/l) will be measured by a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
baseline to 18 weeks |
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Secondary |
change in Prostaglandin F2 alpha |
change in Prostaglandin F2 alpha will be measured by a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
baseline to 18 weeks |
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