TABLE 5.
Anthropometric parameters at baseline (week 0) and at the end of the intervention periods (week 3) expressed as median and IQR (n = 32).
| Anthropometric parameters | Week | Roasted oat flakes (A) | Roasted barley flakes (B) | Traditional oat flakes (C) | Traditional barley flakes (D) | Control | P treatment effect# | |||||||||||
| (n = 32) | Median/IQR | p * | ♢ | Median/IQR | p * | ♢ | Median/IQR | p * | ♢ | Median/IQR | p * | ♢ | Median/IQR | p * | ♢ | |||
| BMI [kg/m2] | 0 | 26.0/5.2 | 25.8/5.3 | 25.5/4.6 | 25.8/4.4 | 25.7/4.3 | n.s. | |||||||||||
| 3 | 25.8/5.0 | n.s. | 25.6/4.8 | ≤0.05 | 25.7/5.3 | n.s. | 25.6/5.0 | n.s. | 25.9/4.2 | n.s. | ||||||||
| Change from baseline [%] | 0.1/1.7 | a | −0.5/1.3 | a | 0.3/1.0 | a | −0.3/1.5 | a | 0.2/1.3 | a | ||||||||
| Weight [kg] | 0 | 74.4/15.9 | 75.1/15.1 | 74.6/16.2 | 75.2/14.3 | 74.2/15.6 | n.s. | |||||||||||
| 3 | 75.1/16.3 | n.s. | 74.8/14.1 | ≤0.05 | 75.1/15.8 | n.s. | 75.4/15.9 | n.s. | 73.8/15.8 | n.s. | ||||||||
| Change from baseline [%] | 0.1/1.7 | a | −0.5/1.4 | a | 0.3/1.0 | a | −0.3/1.5 | a | 0.2/1.2 | a | ||||||||
| Waist circumference [cm] | 0 | 90.3/15.4 | 91.0/14.0 | 91.3/15.5 | 90.0/13.9 | 89.0/15.0 | n.s. | |||||||||||
| 3 | 89.8/17.9 | n.s. | 89.5/13.6 | n.s. | 89.0/13.5 | n.s. | 90.0/14.4 | n.s. | 88.3/11.4 | n.s. | ||||||||
| Change from baseline [%] | −0.7/3.6 | a | −0.8/4.4 | a | −0.5/4.6 | a | 0.0/3.5 | a | −0.6/3.4 | a | ||||||||
| Systolic blood pressure [mmHg] | 0 | 121.0/14.3 | 130.0/14.8 | 122.5/16.8 | 123.5/14.3 | 122.0/17.5 | n.s. | |||||||||||
| 3 | 120.5/15.3 | n.s. | 124.0/12.3 | ≤0.05 | 124.0/12.3 | n.s. | 123.5/11.3 | n.s. | 125.0/14.0 | n.s. | ||||||||
| Change from baseline [%] | −0.8/9.5 | a | −2.2/8.1 | a | −0.4/14.3 | a | −1.2/8.2 | a | 1.2/14.5 | a | ||||||||
| Diastolic blood pressure [mmHg] | 0 | 74.0/12.0 | 82.5/14.0 | 77.0/10.8 | 78.0/12.8 | 80.5/13.0 | n.s. | |||||||||||
| 3 | 78.5/10.8 | n.s. | 77.0/16.8 | ≤0.05 | 79.5/10.5 | n.s. | 79.5/16.0 | n.s. | 78.0/12.0 | n.s. | ||||||||
| Change from baseline [%] | 2.1/11.3 | a | −4.9/12.9 | a | 0.6/10.2 | a | 0.6/10.0 | a | −0.6/13.8 | a | ||||||||
*Significance of comparing week 0 and week 3 within the same group as determined by Wilcoxon signed-rank test. ♢Interventions without a common letter are significantly different by Tukey’s test, p ≤ 0.05. #Significance of main effect of treatment by mixed model with random intercept. BMI, body mass index; n.s., not significant (p > 0.05).