Table 2.

Anthropometric and biochemical in study groups pre and post intervention

	Gum Arabic (n = 46)						Pectin (n = 45)
	Pre	Post	Mean difference	95 % CI of the Difference		P value	Pre	Post	Mean difference	95 % CI of the Difference		P value
				Lower	Upper					Lower	Upper
Weight (kg)	72.86 ± 15.72	71.40 ± 16.26	1.45	0.42	2.49	0.007	77.07 ± 13.84	77.08 ± 13.83	−0.01	−0.05	0.02	0.437
Waist C.(cm)	98.65 ± 12.41	97.35 ± 11.98	1.30	−0.36	2.97	0.121	94.76 ± 14.90	96.13 ± 15.18	−1.38	−3.32	0.56	0.159
Hip C.(cm)	106.76 ± 13.54	104.07 ± 12.38	2.70	0.77	4.62	0.007	106.44 ± 14.67	103.84 ± 14.04	2.60	−0.94	6.14	0.146
TG (mmol/l)	1.54 ± 0.63	1.37 ± 0.59	0.17	−0.01	0.35	0.061	1.10 ± 0.54	1.10 ± 0.53	0.00	−0.03	0.03	0.958
HDL(mmol/l)	1.10 ± 0.39	1.32 ± 0.61	−0.22	− 0.38	−0.05	0.011	1.15 ± 0.39	1.16 ± 0.40	−0.01	−0.04	0.02	0.442
WHR	0.93 ± 0.08	0.94 ± 0.08	−0.01	−0.03	0.01	0.258	0.89 ± 0.10	0.92 ± 0.09	−0.02	−0.05	0.01	0.139
BMI (kg/m2)	27.66 ± 5.37	27.09 ± 5.49	0.57	0.16	0.98	0.007	29.96 ± 6.54	29.96 ± 6.54	0.00	−0.02	0.01	0.501
BAI	33.90 ± 7.46	32.58 ± 6.85	1.32	0.36	2.27	0.008	34.38 ± 8.65	33.10 ± 8.21	1.29	−0.49	3.07	0.152
VAI	3.17 ± 2.29	2.42 ± 1.82	0.75	0.11	1.38	0.022	2.08 ± 1.55	2.05 ± 1.48	0.03	−0.06	0.12	0.469
DAAT,cm2	190.92 ± 70.88	184.85 ± 66.48	6.07	−2.49	14.62	0.16	153.65 ± 67.37	160.86 ± 69.39	−7.21	−17.51	3.08	0.165
LAP,cm.mmol/l	61.28 ± 39.46	52.44 ± 35.29	8.84	1.18	16.49	0.025	41.65 ± 32.86	42.77 ± 30.23	−1.12	−3.61	1.36	0.367
SBP (mmHg)	131.74 ± 16.37	121.74 ± 8.77	10.00	6.69	13.31	0.000	128.44 ± 14.45	125.11 ± 12.90	3.33	0.77	5.90	0.012
DBP (mmHg)	80.00 ± 9.89	77.61 ± 8.48	2.39	−0.49	5.27	0.102	78.22 ± 8.86	78.44 ± 8.52	−0.22	−2.82	2.38	0.864

Values are presented as (Mean ± SD); Abbreviations: Hip C Hip circumference, TG Triglycerides, HDL High density lipoprotein, WHR Waist to hip ratio, BMI Body Mass Index, BAI Body Adiposity Index, VAI Visceral Adiposity Index, DAAT Deep abdominal adipose tissue, LAP Lipid accumulation product, SBP Systolic Blood Pressure and DBP: Diastolic Blood Pressure