Table III. — Characteristics of the patients.

	Intervention group (IG) Mean±SD	Control group (CG) Mean±SD	P value
Patients (N.)	11	11
Gender (male/female)	8 (72.7%)/3 (27.3%)	7 (63.9%)/4 (36.4%)
Age±SD (years)	60.3±9.3	60.8±13.6	0.9
Height (cm)	171±6.1	170±9.0	0.3
Weight (kg)	101.1±21.0	85.4±14.6	0.08
BMI (kg /m2)	34.4±5.7	27.9±2.8	0.05
WHR	0.9±0.1	0.9±0.1	0.2
Waist circumference (cm)	116.0±13.3	100.6±7.2	0.05
HbA1c (%)	7.4±2.1	6.9±1.2	0.3

Data expressed as mean±SD or N. (%). BMI: Body Mass Index; WHR: Waist Hip Ratio; HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin.