Table 1.

Comparison of baseline parameters of metabolic syndrome among different groups

Parameters of metabolic syndrome	Whole wheat flour diet	Refined wheat flour diet	Fructose and whole wheat flour diet	Fructose and fefined wheat flour diet
BP (mmHg)	133 ± 2.86	125 ± 5.9	129 ± 2.23	124 ± 4.49
FBS (mg/dl)	112 ± 5.9	105 ± 6.63	108 ± 5.1	107 ± 9.25
Chol (mg/dl)	68 ± 4.9	58 ± 7.5	60 ± 5.17	58 ± 5.08
TGL (mg/dl)	37 ± 2.38	41 ± 1.8	48 ± 3.78	35 ± 1.54
LDL (mg/dl)	11 ± 1.24	14 ± 1.77	9 ± 0.88	14 ± 2.85
HDL (mg/dl)	58 ± 3.8	65 ± 3.44	54 ± 3.59	66 ± 4.64
CRP (mg/dl)	0.17 ± 0.007	0.12 ± 0.007	0.13 ± 0.008	0.16 ± 0.01
Insulin (ng/dl)	2.5 ± 0.34	2.7 ± 0.59	1.9 ± 0.46	1.4 ± 0.36

Blood pressure (BP), Fasting blood sugar (FBS), Total cholesterol (Chol), Triglycerides (TGL), Low density lipoproteins (LDL), High density lipoproteins (HDL), C- reactive protein (CRP) and serum insulin expressed as Means ± SEM.

No significant difference was found between groups at p of 0.05.