Table 2.

Differences in body mass index (BMI), both the sarcopenic and HOMA indexes, visceral fat and C reactive protein (CRP)

Research variables	Group	N	Mean			Standard deviation		F	t		p value
BMI
Initial	GC	20		30.09	6.40		19.41			-3.28		0.01
Final				30.27	6.44
Initial	DTG	58		31.63	7.44					10.54		0.01
Final				24.50	3.05
Initial	DTSG	32		30.18	8.82					5.16		0.01
Final				24.17	2.81
Final				8.57	1.22
HOMA INDEX
Initial	GC	20		3.15	1.22		2.51			-2.29		0.03
Final				3.37	1.38
Initial	DTG	58		5.93	14.32					2.04		0.04
Final				2.57	2.01
Initial	DTSG	32		3.93	2.60					7.41		0.01
Final				2.23	1.58
SARCOPENIC INDEX
Initial	GC	20		8.70	1.53		0.49			-0.86		0.39
Final				8.75	1.58
Initial	DTG	58		8.14	2.10					-2.16		0.03
Final				8.36	1.73
Initial	DTSG	32		8.10	1.72					-2.79		0.01
				8.57	1.22
VISCERAL FAT
Initial	GC	20		8.10	5.49		3.37			1.00		0.33
Final				8.15	5.60
Initial	DTG	58		8.48	6.19					7.75		0.01
Final				6.84	5.13
Initial	DTSG	32		5.81	4.34					4.32		0.01
Final				4.75	3.70
CRP
Initial	GC	20		0.45	0.51		0.58			1.00		1.00
Final				0.45	0.51
Initial	DTG	58		0.50	0.50					4.05		0.01
Final				0.27	0.45
Initial	DTSG	32		0.43	0.48					2.39		0.02
Final				0.18	0.39

Legend: N: Number of patients; CG: Control group; DTG: Diet therapy group; DTSG: Diet therapy and sport group; F: ANOVA statistical test coefficient, for 3 or more independent groups; t: coefficient for the T-Student statistical test.