Table 1.

General characteristics of study participants at baseline study

	Placebo group (n = 28)	Magnesium plus zinc group (n = 27)	Pa
Age (y)	62.6 ± 10.8	61.7 ± 9.4	0.74
Height (cm)	159.5 ± 10.9	162.1 ± 7.8	0.32
Weight at study baseline (kg)	76.9 ± 12.6	81.3 ± 11.7	0.19
Weight at end-of-trial (kg)	77.0 ± 12.5	80.9 ± 11.4	0.23
Weight change (kg)	0.1 ± 1.2	−0.4 ± 1.0	0.12
BMI at study baseline (kg/m2)	30.2 ± 3.7	30.9 ± 3.8	0.47
BMI at end-of-trial (kg/m2)	30.2 ± 3.8	30.8 ± 3.7	0.59
BMI change (kg/m2)	0.03 ± 0.5	−0.1 ± 0.4	0.10

Data are means± SDs

^aObtained from independent t-test