Table 4.

Intra-group and inter-group comparison of clinical-metabolic parameters at t0 and t3 with relative p values

	IG					CG					ANOVA
	t0		t3		t Student	t0		t3		t Student
	average	σ	average	σ	P	average	σ	average	σ	P	P
BMI	31.26	9.47	26.85	2.74	0.01*	33.35	11.14	30.57	4.23	0.3	0.045*
Waist measurement (cm)
Women	100.33	14.03	94.00	17.04	0.49	109.2	7.46	105.2	5.26	0.35	0.33
Men	106.46	11.94	90.37	10.70	0.00*	94.33	16.74	92.16	11.66	0.78	0.03*
Systolic pressure	133.86	13.35	125	13.8	0.04*	136.42	11.99	133.07	10.31	0.44	0.001*
Diastolic pressure	77.5	9.4	71	6.2	0.03*	75.71	9.3	76.53	6.2	0.79	0.001*
Glycaemia (mg/dl)	145.2	39.94	119.23	19.2	0.018*	150.37	80.86	136	23.16	0.49	0.007*
HbA1c(%)	6.6	0.87	6.2	0.68	0.22	7.02	1.81	14.12	19.16	0.12	0.00*
Tot. chol. (mg/dl)	176.26	41.91	177.34	24.71	0.9	185	44.34	181	42.23	0.79	0.00*
HDL (mg/dl)	49	9.2	52	12	0.5	52.11	11.37	49.33	11.11	0.48	0.00*
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	172.34	78	131.86	66.9	0.1	142.6	62.05	155.46	85.18	0.62	0.5
Creatinine (mg/dl)	6.2	23	2.6	2.58	0.57	3.23	2.8	3.35	2.99	0.91	0.3