Table 2.
Comparison before and after intervention of clinical and laboratory variables by group (N = 74)
| Variables | Intervention group (n = 37) | Control group (n = 37) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | p-value | Pre | Post | p-value | |
| Weight (kg) | 87.0 (17.5) | 89.0 (17.6) | 0.006 | 81.3 (18.5) | 81.4 (19.2) | 0.432 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 30.5 (5.9) | 31.3 (5.9) | 0.000 | 28.7 (7.0) | 28.9 (6.9) | 0.000 |
| Abdominal perimeter (cm) | 104.9 (15.2) | 105.1 (15.8) | 0.000 | 102.4 (15.0) | 102.6 (14.3) | 0.000 |
| Blood pressure (mm Hg) | ||||||
| Systolic blood pressure | 115.6 (14.9) | 118.1 (14.3) | 0.108 | 119.4 (15.7) | 122.8 (15.0) | 0.206 |
| Diastolic blood pressure | 80.7 (10.3) | 82.7 (9.8) | 0.177 | 83.2 (9.9) | 82.2 (9.7) | 0.492 |
| Basal glycaemia (mg/dl) | 95.5 (28.9) | 107.5 (60.6) | 0.111 | 104.8 (42.4) | 106.0 (53.6) | 0.777 |
| Glycated haemoglobin (%) | 5.6 (0.9) | 5.8 (1.2) | 0.103 | 5.9 (0.9) | 8.3 (9.0) | 0.239 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dl) | 203.2 (42.4) | 201.2 (45.1) | 0.618 | 196.7 (35.6) | 195.1 (35.0) | 0.668 |
| LDL cholesterol (mg/dl) | 123.0 (36.5) | 120.8 (36.3) | 0.662 | 113.5 (30.5) | 109.8 (35.0) | 0.352 |
| HDL cholesterol (mg/dl) | 50.6 (13.3) | 51.6 (19.4) | 0.182 | 52.3 (10.9) | 55.4 (15.8) | 0.306 |
| Triglycerides (mg/dl) | 160.6 (86.6) | 167.4 (129.8) | 0.953 | 163.8 (132.1) | 163.2 (112.2) | 0.802 |
| Creatinine (mg/dl) | 0.9 (0.2) | 0.9 (0.2) | 0.673 | 0.9 (0.1) | 0.9 (0.1) | 0.464 |
| Glomerular filtrate (ml/min) | 81.9 (12.7) | 80.4 (13.2) | 0.022 | 83.4 (8.9) | 82.4 (8.4) | 0.511 |
Data are expressed as mean and standard deviation (SD), unless otherwise stated