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Table 5 Demographic, anthropometric and cardio-metabolic measures of overweight and obese older adults in control and olive oil groups at baseline and month 3a

From: Cardio-metabolic and immunological impacts of extra virgin olive oil consumption in overweight and obese older adults: a randomized controlled trial

 

Control (N = 21)

Olive Oil (N = 20)

 

Measures

Baseline

Month 3

Baseline

Month 3

P *

Age (y)

72 ± 1

 

72 ± 1

 

0.77

Female, [n (%)]

15 (71)

 

12 (60)

 

0.52

Caucasian, [n (%)]

15 (71)

 

13 (65)

 

0.57

Weight (Kg)

80 ± 2

80 ± 2

80 ± 3

80 ± 3

0.39

Height (m)

1.7 ± 0.02

1.7 ± 0.02

1.7 ± 0.02

1.7 ± 0.02

N/A

BMI (Kg/m2)

29 ± 1

29 ± 1

29 ± 1

29 ± 1

0.31

Waist (cm)

97 ± 2

97 ± 2

97 ± 3

97 ± 3

0.96

Hip (cm)

106 ± 2

107 ± 2

106 ± 2

106 ± 2

0.10

DBP (mmHg)

76 ± 2

73 ± 2

76 ± 2

73 ± 1

0.99

SBP (mmHg)

126 ± 2

126 ± 3

128 ± 3

122 ± 2

0.04

Glucose (mg/dl)

102 ± 2

105 ± 2

101 ± 2

104 ± 2

0.86

HDL-C (mg/dl)

53 ± 2

52 ± 2

52 ± 3

54 ± 3

0.06

LDL-C (mg/dl)

144 ± 7

145 ± 7

130 ± 7

132 ± 6

0.39

TG (mg/dl)

104 ± 10

110 ± 11

103 ± 9

113 ± 13

0.69

  1. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, DBP diastolic blood pressure, HDL-C high density lipoprotein-cholesterol, LDL-C low density lipoprotein cholesterol, SBP systolic blood pressure, TG triglycerides, N/A not applicable
  2. * P-value between groups was obtained by student (un-paired) t-test or chi-square (demographic measures) or ANCOVA adjusting for age, sex and baseline value (anthropometric and cardio-metabolic measures)
  3. a Values are mean ± SEM or n (%)
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Nutrition & Metabolism

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