Table 1.

Demographic variables in G1 and G2

	Age (yr), mean ± SD	Gender, M/F	BMIz-score before, mean ± SD	BMIz-score after, mean ± SD
G1 (n = 9)	9.11 ± 2.57	4/5	-0.74 ± 0.76	-0.80 ± 0.76
G2 (n = 31)	10.09 ± 3.65	18/13	-0.82 ± 2.06	-0.63 ± 1.15
P value	NS	NS	10.72	10.80

¹T test. There were no differences in age, gender, body mass index z-score, and biochemical parameters between G1 and G2. There were no increases in total cholesterol and in low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol as well as hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia. BMI: Body mass index; F: Female; M: Male.