Table 4.

Change in inflammatory markers of the study participants in intervention and control groups (n = 169)

Variables	Intervention group				Control group				Between-group difference (95% CI)	p value†
	Baseline (n = 86)	End of 12 weeks (n = 86)	Change	*p value	Baseline (n = 83)	End of 12 weeks (n = 83)	Change	*p value
hs-CRP (mg/L)	5.5 ± 0.6	5.5 ± 0.8	0.0 ± 0.7	0.94	6.7 ± 0.7	7.8 ± 0.8	1.1 ± 0.7	0.23	− 1.1 (− 3.4, 0.8)	0.24
TNFα (pg/ml)	213 ± 24	238 ± 39	25 ± 37	0.26	213 ± 25	311 ± 40	98 ± 38	0.05	73.3 (− 178.1, 31.4)	0.17

Data presented as least square mean ± standard deviation

*p value < 0.05 is considered significant using the paired t test

^†p value < 0.05 is considered as significant using generalized linear model (GLM)