Table 2.

Comparison of the hematological findings of the participants at the beginning and end of the study

Biochemical Parameters	Measurement Time	Teff (n=14)			Mediterranean Diet (n=14)
		x	SD	p1	x	SD	p2	p3
HbAlc	Start of Study	5.4	0.3	0.746	5.3	0.5	0.768	0.200
	End of Study	5.3	0.4		5.3	0.5
	Difference	0.4	2.3		0.5	1.6
Hunger blood	Start of Study	94.3	10.3	0.012*	90.7	9.8	0.432	0.186
sugar	End of Study	90.3	7.9		88.9	8.9
	Difference	4.0	8.0		1.8	8.1
Transferrin	Start of Study	270.4	78.6	0.917	282.5	78.0	0.753	0.937
	End of Study	281.6	62.5		269.7	50.9
	Difference	23.4	98.0		1.8	21.4
Albumin	Start of Study	4.4	0.5	0.364	4.2	0.7	0.433	0.397
	End of Study	4.3	0.4		4.1	0.5
	Difference	0.1	0.3		0.1	0.2
Iron	Start of Study	83.7	62.4	0.683	67.5	44.9	0.799	0.512
	End of Study	72.9	36.1		62.2	27.3
	Difference	13.6	75.5		7.3	39.7
Vitamin B12	Start of Study	243.4	101	0.074	192.3	75.5	0.071	0.495
	End of Study	271.5	127.8		212.6	67.8
	Difference	30.8	64.3		21.2	40.5
Vitamin D	Start of Study	17.6	9.8	0.480	16.8	10.4	0.084	0.101
	End of Study	19.7	7.8		20.6	6.5
	Difference	2.6	7.9		4.3	10.3
Cholesterol	Start of Study	199.1	36.6	0.006*	196.3	40.2	0.005*	0.662
	End of Study	186.5	33.6		183.2	38.6
	Difference	14.5	15.2		13.1	13.9
LDL Cholesterol	Start of Study	122.3	32.0	0.001*	121.8	38.5	0.583	0.116
	End of Study	114.3	27.4		121.4	29.4
	Difference	8.0	20.2		0.3	21.7
HDL Cholesterol	Start of Study	55.9	11.5	0.009	52.1	12.1	0.746	0.133
	End of Study	53.8	10.5		51.6	10.5
	Difference	2.0	5.0		0.5	5.6
Total Protein	Start of Study	5.5	3.6	1,000	7.0	0.9	0.028	0.057
	End of Study	7.3	0.1		7.5	0.7
	Difference	0.5	0.1		0,0	0.5

p₁ and p₂: Paired Samples T Test and Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test; p₃ : Independent Samples T Test and Mann Whitney U Test

^*p<0.05

p₁: Comparison of the beginning of study and end values of the intervention group

p₂: Comparison of the starting and end values of the control group

p₃: Comparison of interventions and control groups between end of study and beginning of study