Table 4.

Secondary outcomes.

Parameters	Baseline		Day 30		Day 60		Day 90
	Group A	Group B	Group A	Group B	Group A	Group B	Group A	Group B
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) †	176.300 ± 23.476	187.800 ± 32.964	179.900 ± 25.841	182.367 ± 28.695	175.533 ± 24.274	171.333 ± 35.856	179.667 ± 22.225	175.333 ± 28.585
p value (between groups) p value (within group)	0.125		0.728		0.597		0.515 <0.0001 *
Triglyceride (mg/dL) †	159.167 ± 70.445	177.733 ± 84.736	157.100 ± 68.364	154.667 ± 52.341	150.000 ± 61.630	151.167 ± 48.471	149.533 ± 58.819	150.500 ± 43.793
p value (between groups) p value (within group)		0.360		0.878		0.935		0.943 0.006 *
HDL (mg/dL) †	36.667 ± 5.862	38.567 ± 5.952	38.067 ± 5.271	39.267 ± 5.375	37.767 ± 4.439	39.300 ± 5.522	38.633 ± 4.745	38.300 ± 4.801
p value (between groups)	0.218		0.386		0.241		0.788
LDL (mg/dL) †	107.867 ± 17.795	113.640 ± 31.730	110.500 ± 18.877	112.167 ± 26.019	107.633 ± 18.669	104.613 ± 26.833	110.633 ± 17.616	106.933 ± 25.377
p value (between groups) p value (within group)	0.388		0.777		0.615		0.514 0.0490 *
VLDL (mg/dL) †	31.833 ± 14.089	35.580 ± 16.929	31.467 ± 13.673	30.933 ± 10.468	29.333 ± 12.337	31.967 ± 13.895	30.373 ± 11.746	30.167 ± 8.789
p value (between groups) p value (within group)	0.355		0.866		0.551		0.939 0.006 *
RBS (mg/dL) †	95.567 ± 17.561	93.100 ± 14.456	90.467 ± 12.252	93.200 ± 16.606	89.333 ± 9.925	84.962 ± 19.622	89.967 ± 8.002	86.767 ± 16.400
p value (between groups) p value (within group)	0.555		0.471		0.281		0.341 0.028 *
HbA1c % †	5.530 ± 0.447	5.570 ± 0.462	5.527 ± 0.376	5.483 ± 0.424	5.537 ± 0.334	5.377 ± 0.387	5.520 ± 0.350	5.437 ± 0.420
p value (between groups) p value (within group)	0.735		0.677		0.092		0.407 <0.0001 *

HDL: High-density lipoprotein; LDL: Low-density lipoprotein; VLDL: Very-low-density lipoprotein; RBS: Random blood sugar; HbA1c: Hemoglobin A1c. ^† All values are presented as mean ± standard deviation. * p values significant depicting the comparison between Group B and the baseline (within Group B paired t-test).