Table 2.
Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics
| Variable | Palaeolithic (n18) | Reference (n16) | P* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean or % | SD | Mean or % | SD | ||
| Demographic | |||||
| Gender: women (%) | 72.2 | 75.0 | 0.86 | ||
| Age (year) | 52.0 | 10.2 | 55.4 | 9.0 | 0.32 |
| Race | 0.13 | ||||
| Caucasian (%) | 100 | 87.5 | |||
| Asian (%) | 0 | 12.5 | |||
| Characteristics of the MetS (n), range 0-5 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 0.02 |
| (1) Abdominal circumference ♂ ≥102 cm, ♀ ≥88 cm (%) | 94.4 | 100.0 | 0.35 | ||
| (2) Triglycerides ≥1.7 mmol/l (%) | 38.9 | 18.8 | 0.21 | ||
| (3) HDL-cholesterol ♂ <1.0 mmol/l , ♀ <1.3 mmol/l (%) | 66.7 | 12.5 | 0.00 | ||
| (4) BP ≥130/85 mmHg or BP medication (%) | 83.3 | 75.0 | 0.56 | ||
| (5) Glucose fasting ≥5.6 mmol/l (%) | 77.8 | 43.8 | 0.04 | ||
*P values between the two intervention groups at baseline.