Table 2.

Mean values and standard deviations for the differences (before minus after) in the biochemical parameters in moderately malnourished children, after 24 weeks of intervention (n = 30), Imperatriz, Brazil, 2017.

	Group control (N = 15)	Experimental group (N = 15)	p value∗
Glycemia	6.20 ± 9.20	20.04 ± 0.33	0.31∗
HbA1c ∗∗∗	−0.02 ± 0.45	−0.16 ± 0.15	0.01∗∗
Triglycerides	11.67 ± 61.89	15.27 ± 45.53	0.31∗∗
Total cholesterol	23.44 ± 3.40	22.31 ± 1.73	0.84∗
HDL	−7.40 ± 12.59	10.33 ± 0.13	0.08∗∗
LDL	14.28 ± 7.86	−1.26 ± 22.30	0.33∗∗

^∗Student's t-test for independent samples. ^∗∗Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney test. ^∗∗∗Glycated hemoglobin. Source: survey data, 2017.