TABLE 3. Descriptive statistics of the variables abdominal waist, WHtR, vitamin B12, vitamin D, total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglycerides, glycated hemoglobin, insulin, glucose and BMI at each evaluation moment.

Variable	Evaluation	Mean ± standard deviation	Median (min-max)	p*
				Pre x post 1-6 m x pós 1-2 y	Pre x post 1-6 m	Pre x Post 1-2 y	Post 1-6 m x post 1-2 y
AW (cm)	Pre	118.5 ± 9.4	119 (98 - 140)
	Post 1-6 m	105.2 ± 9.9	106 (81 - 126)
	Post 1-2 y	90.3 ± 7.7	90 (74 - 110)	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
WHtR	Pre	0.73 ± 0.06	0.72 (0.61 - 0.87)
	Post 1-6 m	0.65 ± 0.07	0.65 (0.50 - 0.80)
	Post 1-2 y	0.56 ± 0.05	0.55 (0.45 - 0.69)	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Vitamin B12	Pre	509.8 ± 276.1	454.5 (209 - 2000)
	Post 1-6 m	693.5 ± 417.1	591.5 (198 - 2000)
	Post 1-2 y	639.6 ± 388.5	511 (192 - 2000)	0.002	0.001	0.052	0.733
Vitamin D	Pre	26.8 ± 7.2	26.7 (10.3 - 47.5)
	Post 1-6 m	31.8 ± 9.3	30.1 (6.9 - 64.3)
	Post 1-2 y	33.3 ± 10.8	32 (11.3 - 78.4)	<0.001	0.001	<0.001	0.843
Total colesterol	Pre	174.6 ± 34.2	177.5 (66 - 246)
	Post 1-6 m	149.6 ± 31.8	153 (77 - 217)
	Post 1-2 y	150.2 ± 28.2	147.5 (94 - 227)	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	1
HDL	Pre	49.7 ± 12.1	47.5 (21 - 79)
	Post 1-6 m	45.6 ± 12.0	43.5 (25 - 89)
	Post 1-2 y	57.5 ± 13.1	56 (28 - 89)	<0.001	0.002	<0.001	<0.001
LDL	Pre	96.6 ± 27.5	100.5 (43 - 169)
	Post 1-6 m	85.5 ± 27.4	82 (41 - 176)
	Post 1-2 y	76.3 ± 25.9	74.5 (30 - 166)	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.004
Triglycerides	Pre	152.6 ± 68.3	133 (50 - 423)
	Post 1-6 m	96.1 ± 34.8	89.5 (41 - 195)
	Post 1-2 y	82.1 ± 28.7	79.5 (36 - 179)	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.017
Glycated hemog	Pre	6.1 ± 1.6	5.8 (4.8 - 14.4)
	Post 1-6 m	5.7 ± 1.4	5.3 (4.3 - 13.3)
	Post 1-2 y	5.6 ± 1.4	5.3 (4.5 - 13.6)	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.367
Insuline	Pre	22.2 ± 12.4	20 (5 - 71.2)
	Post 1-6 m	8.1 ± 4.4	7 (2 - 24.4)
	Post 1-2 y	6.2 ± 2.9	5.5 (1 - 16)	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.265
Glucose	Pre	102 ± 25.6	97 (67 - 238)
	Post 1-6 m	90 ± 16.6	87 (65 - 180)
	Post 1-2 y	88.3 ± 18.3	84 (71 - 185)	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.504
BMI (kg/m2)	Pre	39.8 ± 3.8	39.5 (31 - 52.5)
	Post 1-6 m	33.2 ± 4.3	33.4 (23.3 - 45.2)
	Post 1-2 y	26.0 ± 3.2	25.8 (19.6 - 38)	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001

*ANOVA with repeated measures and Bonferroni test (post-hoc); p<0.05; AW=abdominal waist; WHtR=waist-to-height ratio; vitamin B12, glycated hemoglobin and glucose data were submitted to logarithmic transformation