Table III.

Change from the baseline to the data after vegetable intake.

	Group A (n 19 = 8:11)	Group B (n 22 = 8:14)	Group C(n 16 = 4:12)
Body fat(%)	− 1.41 ± 1.81	− 1.67 ± 1.07	− 1.34 ± 1.71
BMI (kg/m2)	− 0.06 ± 0.47	− 0.12 ± 0.31	− 0.08 ± 0.45
Systolic BP (mm Hg)	− 1.68 ± 7.75	− 0.82 ± 7.79	− 6.88 ± 25.84
Diastolic BP (mm Hg)	− 1.95 ± 7.43	− 0.68 ± 5.38	− 1.56 ± 6.11
Heartrate (bpm)	− 2.84 ± 10.19	1.86 ± 7.19	− 0.44 ± 8.97
ALT(U/l)	− 1.05 ± 5.18	− 4.05 ± 6.35	− 0.94 ± 4.77
AST (U/l)	− 0.84 ± 4.56	− 4.23 ± 12.63	− 0.25 ± 2.70
HDL-C (mg/dl)	− 3.84 ± 7.49	− 4.55 ± 10.03	− 2.13 ± 7.72
LDL-C (mg/dl)	− 9.89 ± 17.35	− 10.55 ± 14.99	0.69 ± 12.77
β-Carotene (mg/dl)	14.55 ± 21.82†	16.90 ± 15.76††	− 2.59 ± 17.21
γ-GTP (U/l)	− 0.79 ± 2.12	− 0.36 ± 1.33	− 0.63 ± 1.67
Insulin (μIU/ml)	1.16 ± 3.39	2.16 ± 7.54	− 1.43 ± 6.53
Glucose (mg/dl)	− 1.63 ± 6.09	− 1.77 ± 8.12	− 4.25 ± 8.79
HOMA-R	0.25 ± 0.78	0.56 ± 2.08	− 0.45 ± 1.63
Vitamin C(μg/ml)	1.81 ± 1.79†	0.93 ± 2.00	− 0.32 ± 2.96
Ox-LDL (U/l)	− 17.42 ± 25.18	− 7.86 ± 29.82	215.19 ± 58.72
Total-C (mg/dl)	− 18.37 ± 23.96	− 16.55 ± 17.84	− 5.81 ± 19.15
Total Hcys (nmol/ml)	0.23 ± 0.95	1.49 ± 5.11	− 0.67 ± 1.31
Triglyceride (mg/dl)	5.37 ± 27.60	5.23 ± 48.78	− 5.13 ± 14.40
Uric acid (mg/dl)	− 0.26 ± 0.56	− 0.10 ± 0.55	− 0.09 ± 0.76
Folic acid (ng/ml)	0.50 ± 1.12	0.77 ± 1.76	0.34 ± 1.76
Hs-CRP (ng/ml)	41.42 ± 353.57	− 162.00 ± 1178.16	1067.21 ± 4824.67

Notes: n = men:women. Values are means ± SD. HOMA-R: insulin resistance = insulin × glucose/405. ox-LDL, oxidized LDL; Total-C, total cholesterol; Total Hcys, total homocysteine; Hs-CRP, high-sensitive C-reactive protein. Significantly different from Group C at week 2 (

^†: P < 0.05

^††: P < 0.01).