Table 2.

Dietary and Anthropometric Parameters of the Subjects Consuming the Placebo or the Extract During 8 Weeks

	CG (n = 15)			EG (n = 15)
	Baseline	8 weeks	P-time	Baseline	8 weeks	P-time
Energy (kcal)	1737.86 ± 277.79	1687.4 ± 281.05	.096	1708.28 ± 471.5	1683.32 ± 386.93	.703
Total fat (%En)	38.53 ± 5.38	35.38 ± 8.81	.287	34.92 ± 5.42	35 ± 5.49	.960
Saturated fat (%En)	8.73 ± 3.27	7.37 ± 2.74	.224	8.93 ± 1.72	8.8 ± 1.84	.863
Monosaturated fat (%En)	18.78 ± 3.77	16.59 ± 4.79	.181	15.94 ± 4.33	16.48 ± 4.13	.637
Polysaturated fat (%En)	5.83 ± 2.59	5.41 ± 2.68	.469	4.35 ± 1.36	4.3 ± 1.63	.878
Dietary cholesterol (mg/day)	218.4 ± 85.44	204.38 ± 88.04	.559	234.72 ± 99	222.76 ± 87.24	.712
Protein (%En)	18.15 ± 2.35	18.55 ± 2.17	.589	20.52 ± 2.47	18.93 ± 5.22	.231
Carbohydrates (%En)	44.19 ± 7.7	45.2 ± 8.46	.726	44.99 ± 7.38	45.47 ± 6.59	.815
Fiber (g/day)	19.45 ± 6.45	16.46 ± 5.94	.073	16.51 ± 5.33	14.73 ± 5.82	.339
BMI (kg/m2)	25.57 ± 3.69	25.70 ± 3.87	.524	25.20 ± 3.05	25.31 ± 2.96	.359

Values are mean ± SD. P indicates differences between baseline and 8 weeks in each treatment group.