Table 1. Baseline characteristics comparison (preintervention) of study and control groups (N=48).

# BMI= Body Mass Index, $ HOMA-IR= Homeostatic Model of Assessment of Insulin Resistance, * hs-CRP= high sensitivity C-Reactive Protein

Variables	Study group (n=25)	Control group (n=23)	p-value
Age (in years)	33.5+6.2	32.7+6.7	0.669
Weight (kg)	67.4+4.9	66.2+6.4	0.467
BMI (kg/m2)#	22.8+1.8	22.6+2.1	0.819
Waist (cm)	96.5+10.2	97.2+10.9	0.781
Hip (cm)	109.3+8.2	109.4+17.7	0.979
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)	4.8+0.7	5.1+0.9	0.201
Fasting insulin (μIU/mL)	14.7+8.4	13.9+8.7	0.747
HOMA-IR$	3.2+1.5	3.1+1.1	0.794
hs-CRP (mg/L)*	6.7+2.7	7.1+2.8	0.616