Table 2.

Comparison of pre-post differences in obesity indicators between the obese group and normal weight group

	Obesea (n = 41)				Normal weighta (n = 12)
	Baseline	27th day	Difference	P*	Baseline	27th day	Difference	P*	P**
Obesity index
WC(cm)	97.62 ± 17.17	86.65 ± 6.34	10.91 ± 14.41	<0.001	84.58 ± 3.92	83.26 ± 3.26	1.33 ± 1.30	0.005	<0.001
WHR(%)	90.15 ± 4.22	85.29 ± 3.62	4.88 ± 1.58	<0.001	82.17 ± 2.62	80.17 ± 2.17	2.00 ± 0.95	<0.001	0.027
BMI(kgm−2)	28.44 ± 2.61	25.90 ± 2.21	2.53 ± 0.96	<0.001	22.20 ± 0.75	21.42 ± 0.61	0.78 ± 0.72	0.003	<0.001
Cholesterol and inflammatory indicators in serum
CRP(mgdL−1)	0.23 ± 0.23	0.33 ± 1.37	−0.10 ± 1.38	0.652	0.13 ± 0.21	0.06 ± 0.08	0.06 ± 0.20	0.299	0.691
LDL(mgdL−1)	123.20 ± 24.57	87.35 ± 17.80	35.85 ± 21.74	<0.001	98.75 ± 21.69	82.17 ± 15.26	15.58 ± 18.07	0.009	0.007
Triglycerides(mgdL−1)	57.43 ± 13.88	72.23 ± 13.16	−13.80 ± 13.56	<0.001	43.70 ± 11.21	60.91 ± 16.67	−17.21 ± 13.84	0.001	0.451
HDL(mgdL−1)	53.50 ± 9.14	53.57 ± 10.07	−0.07 ± 9.17	0.964	59.96 ± 10.17	61.27 ± 11.48	−1.31 ± 8.16	0.590	0.675

* paired T-test between the data of baseline and that of 27th day in each group

** T-test between the difference of the obese and that of the normal weight

^aMean ± s.d.