Table 3.

Reduction of waist circumference in high-protein and standard-protein low calorie-diet groups

Variable	Waist circumference (cm)		P-value*
	HP group (N: 23)	SP group (N: 25)
Before intervention	96.01 ± 9.54	96.24 ± 6.92	0.925LR
After intervention	90.79 ± 9.78	89.45 ± 7.55	0.596LR
Pre- and post-intervention mean difference significance	P < 0.001p	P < 0.001p
Waist circumference reduction (cm)	5.22 ± 3.29	6.78 ± 2.50	0.069LR

* Significant value was set at P < 0.05

^LRLinear regression

^pPaired samples t-test