Table 1.

Basement characteristics of P. major and placebo group.

Variable	Group	Baseline	P value	After 12 weeks	P value3	Percent change	P value3
Gender (M/F)	P. major	M = 28, F = 3	0.1131
	Placebo	M = 32, F = 0
Age (y)	P. major	43.3 ± 8.92	0.0542
	Placebo	38.7 ± 8.48
WC (cm)	P. major	104.58 ± 8.89	0.6063	101.25 ± 9.27	0.978	3.2 ± 2.3	0.027
	Placebo	103.65 ± 8.88		101.18 ± 8.63		2.33 ± 2.7
BMI (kg/m2)	P. major	29.68 ± 3.19	0.833	28.74 ± 3.15	0.842	3.15 ± 1.8	0.262
	Placebo	30.0 ± 3.85		29.17 ± 3.76		2.73 ± 3.3

¹Fisher's exact test; ²t-test; ³Mann–Whitney U test. WC = waist circumference; BMI = body mass index.