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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 3.
Published in final edited form as: Fertil Steril. 2016 Jun 20;106(5):1212–1220. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.06.004

Table 2.

Within group and between group changes in anthropometric, laboratory, and quality-of-life outcomes.

Parameter IWL
N=6
p-value[1] SCN
N=5
p-value[1] Group Difference p-value[2]
Weight (kg) −14 ± 6 0.00 −5 ± 5 0.09 10 0.02
Change in weight (%) 13 ± 5 0.00 4 ± 4 0.07 9 0.01
BMI (kg/m2) −5 ± 2 0.00 −2 ± 2 0.09 4 0.02
Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) −2 ± 6 0.41 −6 ± 6 0.08 4 0.34
Diastolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) −5 ± 4 0.05 0 ± 11 1.00 5 0.39
Lipids
 Total Cholesterol (mg/dl) −7 ± 17 0.36 9 ± 19 0.38 15 0.19
 Triglycerides (mg/dl) −27 ± 55 0.29 31 ± 62 0.33 57 0.14
 HDL (mg/dl) −1 ± 6 0.71 2 ± 5 0.34 3 0.36
 LDL (mg/dl) −4 ± 9 0.30 1 ± 11 0.91 5 0.44
Fasting glucose (mg/dL) −9 ± 6 0.01 1 ± 9 0.83 10 0.05
Insulin (μU/mL) −10 ± 4 0.00 4 ± 14 0.64 14 0.05
HOMA-IR −3 ± 1 0.00 1 ± 4 0.55 4 0.03
EQ-5D Index 0.05 ± 0.08 0.21 −0.01 ± 0.07 0.84 0.06 0.26
EQ-5D Health Score 13 ± 14 0.07 −3 ± 12 0.63 16 0.07
IDS-SR −5 ± 4 0.02 2 ± 7 0.60 7 0.07
[1]

p-value based on paired t-test

[2]

p-value based on two-sample t-test

Mean ± standard deviation reported

BMI, body mass index; HDL, high-density lipoproteins; LDL, low-density lipoproteins; HOMA-IR, homeostatic model assessment-insulin resistance; EQ-5D, EuroQol-5D; IDS-SR, Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (Self-Report)