Table 3.
Anthropometric characteristics, blood pressure and immunoreactive insulin at end of two experimental diet phases
| Corn Oil | Partially- Hydrogenated Soybean Oil |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body weight (kg) 1 | 67.3 ± 10.82 | 67.1 ± 10.8 | 0.280 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 25.6 ± 3.6 | 25.6 ± 3.5 | 0.205 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 84.9 ± 10.0 | 84.1 ± 9.3 | 0.810 |
| Hip circumference (cm) | 102.2 ± 9.5 | 101.9 ± 9.8 | 0.434 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 115 ± 10 | 112 ± 8 | 0.073 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 70 ± 7 | 69 ± 6 | 0.249 |
| Immunoreactive insulin (pmol/L) | 31.8 ± 22.8 | 26.7 ± 14.7 | 0.094# |
1
N=30 participants.
2
Values are mean±SD. A paired t-test was used to compare the data at the end of each diet phase.
#
A nonparametric signed-rank test was used for this comparison.