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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 11.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2010 Jan 12;34(3):516–523. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2009.255

Table 2.

Characteristics of the population studied before and after behavioral treatment

Measures Total group Total group P
Before treatment (N = 447) After treatment (N = 447)
Weight (kg) 84.60 ± 0.79 75.27 ± 0.72 0.0001
BMI (kg m−2) 31.4 ± 0.3 28.1 ± 0.2 0.0001
Hip (cm) 115 ± 0.76 108 ± 0.86 0.0001
Waist (cm) 105 ± 1.17 97 ± 1.22 0.0001
WHR 0.91 ± 0.08 0.89 ± 0.08 0.0001
Glucose (mg per 100 ml) 89.4 ± 2.5 89.0 ± 3.0 0.897
Cholesterol (mg per 100 ml) 180.1 ± 3.78 163.8 ± 4.94 0.002
Uric acid (mg per 100 ml) 4.63 ± 0.15 4.01 ± 0.15 0.001
Diastolic pressure (mmHg) 70 ± 1.0 66 ± 1.1 0.010
Systolic pressure (mmHg) 112 ± 1.7 107 ± 1.6 0.005

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; WHR: waist-hip ratio. Data are presented as mean ± EEM. Student's t-test: P<0.05 considered significant.