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. 2026 Jan 12;12:1722081. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2025.1722081

Table 5.

Background characteristics of the participants in each group (stratified analysis).

Young participants (under 40 years) Middle-aged participants (40 years and older)
Placebo group LG2055 group p-value Placebo group LG2055 group p-value
n = 32 n = 28 n = 61 n = 67
Sex Male/female 14/18 12/16 1.000 30/31 32/35 1.000
Age Years 31.3 ± 4.8 29.5 ± 3.8 0.107 53.9 ± 7.1 52.0 ± 6.5 0.129
Height cm 164.3 ± 8.0 165.8 ± 7.1 0.458 164.1 ± 8.6 163.6 ± 8.2 0.743
Weight kg 56.9 ± 9.5 57.9 ± 10.2 0.685 59.8 ± 12.3 58.0 ± 11.0 0.368
BMI kg/m2 21.0 ± 2.4 20.9 ± 2.4 0.969 22.0 ± 3.1 21.5 ± 2.7 0.294

Values are presented as the mean ± SD.