Table 1.

Anthropometric and biochemical characteristics of subjects at baseline. Data are expressed as means ± SD

Group/characteristics	Control	Experimental	p value
Age (years)	35.25 ±6.05	35.17 ±5.37	0.97
Height (m)	1.61 ±0.05	1.62 ±0.04	0.80
Weight (kg)	80.25 ±5.36	80.29 ±6.28	0.98
Body mass index (BMI) (kg/m2)	30.76 ±1.28	30.56 ±1.59	0.73
Waist circumference (WC) (cm)	94.25 ±6.74	95.46 ±7.05	0.67
Waist to hip ratio	0.89 ±0.02	0.88 ±0.02	0.46
Fat (%)	32.96 ±1.75	34.04 ±1.99	0.17
Serum fasting glucose (mmol/l)	5.86 ±0.22	5.80 ±0.31	0.59
Serum fasting insulin (μU/ml)	13.37 ±2.19	13.61 ±2.74	0.82
HOMA-IR	3.48 ±0.56	3.50 ±0.68	0.93
TNF-α (pg/ml)	6.14 ±1.42	6.34 ±2.00	0.78
sTNF-R1 (ng/ml)	2.88 ±0.84	2.79 ±0.71	0.77
sTNF-R2 (ng/ml)	5.49 ±0.51	5.54 ±0.60	0.81
CXCL5 (pg/ml)	2776.5 ±304.7	2693.2 ±375.8	0.55