Table 3.

Changes in the number of participants with the metabolic syndrome

		Intervention group	Control group	Total
Resolution of the MetS	Number	12	7	19
	Per cent	16.9%	13.7%	15.6%
Development of the MetS	Number	8	9	17
	Per cent	11.3%	17.6%	13.9%
No change	Number	51	35	86
	Per cent	71.8%	68.6%	70.5%
Total	Number	71	51	122
	Per cent	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

Forty-six (51%) of the participants in the intervention group and 29 (47%) of the participants in the control group had the metabolic syndrome (MetS) at baseline. After the 5 months, 31 (34%) of the participants in the intervention group and 26 (43%) of the participants in the control group had the MetS