Skip to main content

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants1

From: Enhancement of a modified Mediterranean-style, low glycemic load diet with specific phytochemicals improves cardiometabolic risk factors in subjects with metabolic syndrome and hypercholesterolemia in a randomized trial

 

PED arm

MED arm

P value

n 2

25

19

 

Sex

   

   Men

9

6

 

   Women

16

13

 

Age, year

53.3 ± 2.4

51.7 ± 2.1

0.65

Wt, kg

95.3 ± 3.8

99.6 ± 3.6

0.42

Waist, cm

106.9 ± 2.0

111.6 ± 3.0

0.18

BMI, kg/m2

33.2 ± 0.8

35.2 ± 0.9

0.09

BP, mmHg

   

   Systolic

129.7 ± 3.5

132.8 ± 3.6

0.54

   Diastolic

87.0 ± 2.3

85.2 ± 2.0

0.57

Fasting glucose, mmol/L

5.49 ± 0.10

5.63 ± 0.11

0.40

Fasting insulin, pmol/L

82.65 ± 8.33

110.43 ± 13.13

0.07

HbA1c,%

5.7 ± 0.1

6.0 ± 0.1

0.02

Cholesterol, mmol/L

6.57 ± 0.15

6.67 ± 0.20

0.71

LDL, mmol/L

4.39 ± 0.173

4.64 ± 0.204

0.34

TG, mmol/L

2.78 ± 0.22

2.37 ± 0.23

0.21

HDL, mmol/L

0.98 ± 0.05

1.02 ± 0.05

0.65

TG/HDL

3.07 ± 1.7

2.50 ± 1.4

0.23

  1. 1Values for continuous variables are means ± SE
  2. 2Subjects completing at least 8 weeks of study
  3. 3Data from 23 subjects
  4. 4Data from 17 subjects
Back to article page

Nutrition & Metabolism

ISSN: 1743-7075

Contact us