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. 2023 Apr 27;15(9):2108. doi: 10.3390/nu15092108

Table 4.

Biochemical parameters before and after the 8-week intervention.

Variables Pre Post Change p-Value Effect Size
Bone turnover markers
  CTx (ng/mL) 0.40 ± 0.16 0.37 ± 0.14 −0.03 ± 0.09 0.037 0.306
  Osteocalcin (ng/mL) 16.33 ± 4.84 14.25 ± 4.46 −2.08 ± 3.09 <0.0001 * 0.673
Hormones
  E2 (pg/mL) 35.33 ± 154.83 12.90 ± 22.99 −22.43 ± 153.80 0.312 0.146
  FSH (mIU/mL) 62.52 ± 31.30 59.75 ± 30.46 −2.77 ± 10.02 0.059 0.277
Lipid profile
  TG (mg/dL) 120.65 ± 67.47 112.06 ± 106.28 −8.59 ± 80.68 0.460 0.106
  TC (mg/dL) 209.78 ± 39.98 199.69 ± 43.38 −10.08 ± 30.51 0.025 0.330
  HDL-C (mg/dL) 58.88 ± 13.62 59.92 ± 13.27 1.04 ± 8.78 0.411 0.119
  LDL-C (mg/dL) 134.69 ± 37.13 124.63 ± 37.34 −10.06 ± 26.81 0.012 0.375
  LDL-C/HDL-C 2.41 ± 0.84 2.16 ± 0.77 −0.25 ± 0.63 0.009 0.387
  TC/HDL-C 3.74 ± 1.09 3.46 ± 1.01 −0.28 ± 0.84 0.025 0.330
  hs-CRP (mg/dL) 0.08 ± 0.08 0.12 ± 0.17 0.04 ± 0.16 0.113 0.230
  Lp(a) (mg/dL) 21.70 ± 20.58 21.99 ± 19.78 0.28 ± 5.35 0.706 0.054
  ApoA1 (mg/dL) 161.50 ± 22.03 149.19 ± 23.98 −12.31 ± 18.29 <0.0001 * 0.673
  ApoB (mg/dL) 104.65 ± 24.39 96.20 ± 22.09 −8.45 ± 16.82 0.001 * 0.502
  ApoB/ApoA1 1.65 ± 0.54 1.65 ± 0.54 0.001 ± 0.014 0.955 0.001
Glycemic parameters
  Glucose (mg/dL) 95.76 ± 15.62 91.31 ± 7.95 −4.45 ± 16.47 0.065 0.270
  Insulin (μU/mL) 8.56 ± 5.16 7.06 ± 3.47 −1.50 ± 4.98 0.040 0.301

Data are represented as mean ± standard deviations. Asterisk (*) indicates if the p-value was significant even after Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons (corrected p-value: 0.05/31 = 0.002). CTx, C-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen; E2, Estradiol; FSH, Follicle-stimulating hormone; TG, Triglyceride; TC, Total cholesterol; HDL-C, High-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LP(a), Lipoprotein(a); ApoA1, Apoprotein A1; ApoB, Apoprotein B.