Table 4.
Anthropometric indices and blood pressure values of patients after consumption of probioticor control cheese
|
Index |
Probiotic cheese |
Control cheese |
Extent of change |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | After treatment | P | Baseline | After treatment | P | Probiotic vs. control cheeseP | |
| Body weight, kg |
105.6 ± 16.2 |
99.9 ± 14.4 |
<0.001 |
102.4 ± 14.4 |
98.0 ± 13.3 |
<0.001 |
0.083 |
| BMI, kg/m2 |
37.7 ± 4.3 |
35.7 ± 3.8 |
<0.001 |
36.3 ± 4.3 |
34.7 ± 4.2 |
<0.001 |
0.031 |
| Waist-to-hip ratio |
0.985 ± 0.06 |
0.984 ± 0.05 |
0.778 |
0.993 ± 0.06 |
0.978 ± 0.05 |
0.590 |
0.034 |
| Muscle mass, kg |
33.0 ± 7.7 |
32.1 ± 7.1 |
0.677 |
31.2 ± 7.3 |
30.1 ± 6.6 |
0.967 |
0.315 |
| Fat mass, kg |
46.7 ± 10.3 |
42.7 ± 9.8 |
0.169 |
46.4 ± 7.9 |
42.4 ± 9.6 |
0.211 |
0.180 |
| Total water content, L |
42.6 ± 10.2 |
41.2 ± 9.7 |
0.001 |
41.1 ± 8.8 |
40.7 ± 7.8 |
0.072 |
0.252 |
| Morning SBP, mmHg |
134.0 ± 1.6 |
121.8 ± 1.5 |
<0.001 |
131.4 ± 1.8 |
120.0 ± 1.8 |
<0.001 |
0.978 |
| Evening SBP, mmHg |
129.4 ± 2.5 |
120.6 ± 1.2 |
<0.001 |
130.0 ± 3.3 |
119.3 ± 1.6 |
0.004 |
0.716 |
| Morning DBP, mmHg |
82.4 ± 1.2 |
78.4 ± 0.9 |
0.040 |
82.1 ± 1.5 |
78.6 ± 1.0 |
0.002 |
0.240 |
| Evening DBP, mmHg | 79.6 ± 1.4 | 78.0 ± 1.2 | 0.528 | 79.6 ± 1.6 | 76.4 ± 1.3 | 0.008 | 0.026 |
Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. BMI, body mass index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure;
SBP, systolic blood pressure.