Table 8.
Changes in anthropometric and adiposity measures at 6 weeks of intervention by gender.
| Intervention | Change Intertreatments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | ABG | Placebo | ABG vs. Placebo | |||
| Baseline | Change | Baseline | Change | Mean (95% CI) | p-Value | |
| Waist circumference, cm | ||||||
| Total | 100 ± 8.93 | −0.149 (−1.2; 0.89) |
90 ± 9.72 | 0.283 (−0.76; 1.03) |
0.432 (−1.0; 1.9) |
0.563 |
| Men (n = 32) | 0.513 (−1.4; 2.4) |
1.26 (−0.62; 3.1) |
0.753 (−1.9; 3.4) |
0.574 | ||
| Women (n = 35) | −0.755 (−1.8; 0.28) |
−0.615 (−1.6; 0.42) |
0.139 (−1.3; 1.6) |
0.849 | ||
| Waist/Height | ||||||
| Total | 0.55 ± 0.05 | −0.002 (−0.009; 0.005) |
0.54 ± 0.05 | 0.002 (−0.005; 0.009) |
0.004 (−0.006; 0.01) |
0.403 |
| Men | 0.55 ± 0.05 | 0.003 (−0.008; 0.01) |
0.54 ± 0.05 | 0.008 (−0.003; 0.02) |
0.005 (−0.01; 0.02) |
0.557 |
| Women | 0.54 ± 0.05 | −0.007 (−0.01; 0.000) |
0.54 ± 0.06 | −0.004 (−0.01; 0.003) |
0.003 (−0.007; 0.01) |
0.533 |
| Conicity index | ||||||
| Total | 1.27 ± 0.06 | −0.003 (−0.02; 0.01) |
1.26 ± 0.08 | 0.006 (−0.01; 0.02) |
−0.009 (−0.01; 0.03) |
0.410 |
| Men | 1.28 ± 0.06 | 0.008 (−0.02; 0.04) |
1.26 ± 0.10 | 0.016 (−0.01; 0.04) |
−0.008 (−0.03; 0.05) |
0.678 |
| Women | 1.27 ± 0.06 | −0.014 * (−0.03; 0.004) |
1.26 ± 0.07 | −0.003 (−0.02; 0.01) |
−0.011 (−0.01; 0.04) |
0.405 |
| Lean mass, kg | (p = 0.045) | |||||
| Total | 51.4 ± 10.9 | −1.052 (−2.74; 0.64) |
51.2 ± 10.3 | −1.020 (−2.70; 0.66) |
−0.032 (−2.41; 2.35) |
0.979 |
| Men | 60.7 ± 7.76 | 0.149 (−2.02; 2.31) |
59.8 ± 7.15 | −0.856 (−2.99; 1.27) |
1.006 (−2.03; 4.04) |
0.510 |
| Women | 43.2 ± 5.34 | −2.124 (−4.67; 0.42) |
43.2 ± 5.07 | −1.161 (−3.70; 1.38) |
−0.962 (−2.63; 4.56) |
0.595 |
ABG, aged black garlic; waist/height, waist (cm)/height (cm) ratio; change, change from baseline. Data are expressed as the mean ± standard error or the mean (95% Confidence Interval, CI). ANCOVA model adjusted by sex, age, basal values, and sequence of treatment administration. * p = 0.093 vs. men.