Table 3.
Clinical profile changes in participants in the intervention (n=44) and control (n=24) groups.
| Characteristics | Prestudy value | Poststudy value | P value | |
| Mean (SDa) |
Mean (SD) |
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| Weight (kg) | ||||
| Intervention group | 78.3 (11.9) | 76.9 (11.2) | <.001 | |
| Control group | 82.5 (8.41) | 82.0 (8.3) | <.05 | |
| BMIb (kg/m2) | ||||
| Intervention group | 27.6 (3.0) | 27.1 (2.8) | <.001 | |
| Control group | 27.2 (2.4) | 27.1 (2.4) | .07 | |
| Cholesterol (mmol/L) | ||||
| Intervention group | 10.5 (1.8) | 10.4 (1.7) | .61 | |
| Control group | 11.2 (1.9) | 11.3 (2.2) | .79 | |
| HDLccholesterol (mmol/L) | ||||
| Intervention group | 2.8 (0.5) | 2.9 (0.5) | .20 | |
| Control group | 2.8 (0.7) | 2.8 (0.5) | .59 | |
| LDLdcholesterol (mmol/L) | ||||
| Intervention group | 6.2 (1.3) | 6.3 (1.4) | .67 | |
| Control group | 6.8 (1.5) | 6.9 (1.6) | .92 | |
| Triglyceride (mmol/L) | ||||
| Intervention group | 8.5 (6.5) | 5.9 (3.0) | <.05 | |
| Control group | 8.3 (3.8) | 7.6 (3.8) | .35 | |
aSD: standard deviation.
bBMI: body mass index.
cHDL: high-density lipoprotein.
dLDL: low-density lipoprotein.