Table 1.

Gender distribution of the study population and estimated Glycemic Load

	h-mGI (n 105)		p	m-hGI (n 107)		p
	Period 1	Period 2		Period 1	Period 2
Female n (%)	47 (44.8)			40 (37.7)
Glycemic load	99 ± 44	66 ± 33	< 0.001	75 ± 37	100 ± 79	< 0.001

GI, glycemic index; hGI, high GI; mGI, medium GI. Sequence m-hGI: participants received lunch with medium GI rice in the first period and high GI rice in the second period; Sequence h-mGI: vice versa, Paired t test, mean ± standard deviation