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Table 3. Comparison of BMI, WC and Liver Enzymes Concentration Before and After the Intervention (12 Weeks).

Variable		Study Group (n=30)		P Value ^a	Control Group (n=30)		P Value ^a	P Value ^b
Variable		Before	After	P Value ^a	Before	After	P Value ^a	P Value ^b
BMI (kg/m²)		35.81±2.80	31.98±2.67	0.001^*	36.04±2.51	33.86±2.4	0.01^*	0.01^**
WC (cm)	Male	109.08±8.43	94.00±8.11	0.001^*	109.65±9.27	103.01±9.12	0.01^*	0.01^**
WC (cm)	Female	99.13±8.46	84.55±8.63	0.001^*	100.73±8.71	93.89±8.34	0.01^*	0.01^**
SGOT-AST (U/L)		50.10±10.19	33.10±8.11	0.001^*	47.40±9.57	40.07±9.26	0.01^*	0.01^**
SGPT-ALT (U/L)		51.63±9.23	32.70±6.82	0.001^*	53.43±9.84	45.00±9.05	0.01^*	0.01^**
ALP phosphatase (U/L)	Male	206.93±42.78	168.07±41.88	0.001^*	213.47±42.57	200.13±41.39	0.01^*	0.01^**
ALP phosphatase (U/L)	Female	208.20±26.21	179.53±25.75	0.001^*	211.67±23.76	199.00±23.02	0.01^*	0.01^**

ALP phosphatase: Alkaline Phosphatase BMI: Body mass index. SGOT-AST: Serum Aspartate Aminotransferase. SGPT-ALT: Serum Alanine Aminotransferase. Data represented as mean ± standard deviation (SD).

^a Paired t test; ^b Independent t test.

*Statistically significant at P ≤0.05 according to paired samples t test.

**Statistically significant at P ≤0.05 according to independent samples t test.