Table 3.

Effect of dietary intervention on body weight and composition, insulin sensitivity, blood pressure, and laboratory parameters

	No BG (n = 22)				BG (n = 18)
	Before	After	Δ	p	Before	After	Δ	p
Body weight (kg)	100.97 ± 15.70	89.79 ± 14.25	−11.18	<0.000001	96.61 ± 12.73	85.44 ± 11.19	−11.17	<0.000001
BMI (kg/m2)	33.50 ± 3.06	29.83 ± 2.85	−3.67	<0.000001	32.19 ± 2.95	28.48 ± 2.82	−3.71	<0.000001
Waist (cm)	107.32 ± 11.51	98.59 ± 10.27	−8.73	<0.000001	106.94 ± 6.10	96.83 ± 5.70	−10.11	<0.000001
Fat mass (kg)	40.75 ± 8.54	31.92 ± 7.39	−8.83	<0.000001	36.42 ± 6.46	26.98 ± 7.06	−9.44	<0.000001
Fat-free mass (kg)	61.22 ± 10.96	58.61 ± 11.32	−2.61	0.000005	60.20 ± 11.45	58.49 ± 12.11	−1.71	0.001
Systolic BP (mmHg)	131.71 ± 9.20	124.67 ± 9.87	−7.04	0.004	131.69 ± 12.06	124.12 ± 10.51	−7.57	0.014
Diastolic BP (mmHg)	82.05 ± 8.77	79.05 ± 8.84	−3.00	0.046	83.35 ± 8.59	77.00 ± 7.90	−6.35	0.02
Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL)	88.77 ± 5.71	86.55 ± 6.78	−2.22	0.057	87.32 ± 5.27	83.48 ± 7.92	−3.84	0.068
Fasting serum insulin (μIU/mL)	15.28 ± 5.04	11.55 ± 2.65	−3.73	0.0004	15.01 ± 6.46	10.02 ± 3.27	−4.99	0.003
M (mg/kg ffm/min)	6.53 ± 2.92	8.59 ± 3.54	2.06	0.021	6.38 ± 3.17	7.77 ± 2.77	1.39	0.007
Fasting serum FFA (mmol/L)	0.72 ± 0.21	0.85 ± 0.30	0.13	0.22	0.64 ±0.17	0.71 ± 0.35	0.07	0.52
Cholesterol (mg/dL)	190.91 ± 25.30	175.36 ± 28.57	−15.55	0.005	185.82 ± 28.19	160.18 ± 32.61	−25.64	0.0006
TG (mg/dL)	107.20 ± 56.69	77.20 ± 37.08	−30.00	0.007	113.12 ± 52.67	81.12 ± 20.25	−32.00	0.009
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	49.50 ± 7.21	49.17 ± 8.13	−0.33	0.87	53.62 ± 12.27	51.31 ± 11.40	−2.31	0.27
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL)	122.07 ± 28.09	107.99 ± 35.92	−14.08	0.14	115.76 ± 30.79	103.29 ± 32.52	−12.47	0.25
hs CRP (mg/L)	1.12 ± 0.89	0.71 ± 0.51	−0.41	0.008	1.32 ± 0.77	0.79 ± 0.63	−0.53	0.003

Δ represents difference after vs before dietary intervention within the No BG and BG groups

p values refer to the differences before and after dietary intervention within the No BG and BG groups