Effect of toxic trace element detoxification, body fat reduction following four-week intake of the Wellnessup diet: a three-arm, randomized clinical trial

Table 4 Changes in the anthropometric parameters of the subjects measured at baseline and 4-week of the study

Variables	WD (n = 15)	CRD (n = 15)	MRD (n = 15)	p-value²⁾(W-M-C)	p-value³⁾(W-M)	p-value⁴⁾(W-C)	p-value⁵⁾(M-C)
Weight (kg)
Baseline	69.59 ± 8.98	66.82 ± 6.59	69.51 ± 6.97
4-week	67.71 ± 9.93	63.60 ± 6.11	69.29 ± 6.98	0.001	0.125	0.050	0.001
p-value¹⁾	0.013	0.001	0.322
Body Mass Index (kg/m²)
Baseline	26.02 ± 2.27	25.50 ± 2.12	26.15 ± 1.83
4-week	25.30 ± 2.72	24.27 ± 1.99	26.07 ± 1.89	0.004	0.164	0.046	0.001
p-value	0.011	0.001	0.296
Body Fat Mass (kg)
Baseline	25.05 ± 4.67	23.69 ± 4.48	25.18 ± 4.69
4-week	24.26 ± 5.23	22.55 ± 4.19	25.13 ± 4.80	0.115	0.534	0.262	0.049
p-value	0.131	0.014	0.719
Fat Free Mass (kg)
Baseline	44.54 ± 5.51	43.13 ± 3.70	44.33 ± 4.03
4-week	43.45 ± 5.97	41.05 ± 3.55	44.16 ± 3.86	0.001	0.046	0.019	0.001
p-value	0.002	0.001	0.366
Waist Circumference (cm)
Baseline	88.46 ± 7.84	85.67 ± 7.53	87.51 ± 6.14
4-week	85.80 ± 8.81	81.40 ± 6.35	86.64 ± 6.13	0.009	0.184	0.135	0.008
p-value	0.007	0.001	0.367
Hip Circumference (cm)
Baseline	101.49 ± 3.50	99.75 ± 3.48	101.87 ± 4.66
4-week	99.87 ± 4.36	97.35 ± 3.93	101.64 ± 5.05	0.006	0.361	0.040	0.002
p-value	0.010	0.001	0.366
Waist to Hip Ratio
Baseline	0.87 ± 0.05	0.86 ± 0.07	0.86 ± 0.05
4-week	0.86 ± 0.06	0.84 ± 0.06	0.85 ± 0.05	0.233	0.393	0.303	0.138
p-value	0.050	0.009	0.473

Values are presented as mean ± SD or number
¹⁾ Analyzed by the Wilcoxon signed-rank test
²⁾ Analyzed by the Repeated Measures ANOVA according to the satisfaction of normality
³⁾ Analyzed by the Wilcoxon rank-sum test for change in WD-MRD groups
⁴⁾ Analyzed by the Wilcoxon rank-sum test for change in WD-CRD groups
⁵⁾ Analyzed by the Wilcoxon rank-sum test for change in MRD-CRD groups
Abbreviations: WD Wellnessup diet, MRD maintaining regular diet, CRD calorie-restricted diet

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