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Table 3 Anthropometric measures, metabolic and inflammatory biomarkers before and after the study

From: The effect of DASH diet on glycemic response, meta-inflammation and serum LPS in obese patients with NAFLD: a double-blind controlled randomized clinical trial

Variable

DASH

Control

P

(N = 20)

(N = 20)

Weight (Kg)

Baseline

93.32 ± 19.51

93.49 ± 13.98

0.976**

End

85.57 ± 18.62

87.88 ± 13.88

0.021***

MD (95% CI), P*

−7.75 (−9.34, −6.17), > 0.001

− 5.61 (− 6.71, − 4.50). < 0.001

 

BMI (Kg/m2)

Baseline

33.43 ± 4.09

34.02 ± 3.61

0.632**

End

30.64 ± 4.06

31.96 ± 3.57

0.025***

MD (95% CI), P*

−2.79 (−3.35, −2.22), < 0.001

−2.06 (−2.47, −1.64), < 0.001

 

WC (cm)

Baseline

111.25 ± 12.29

109.92 ± 9.80

0.708**

End

103.32 ± 12.67

105.0 ± 9.60

0.002***

MD (95% CI), P*

−7.92 (−9.58, −6.27), < 0.001

−4.92 (−5.94, −3.91), < 0.001

 

HC (cm)

115.42 ± 10.47

115.92 ± 5.84

 

Baseline

111.07 ± 11.44

112.20 ± 5.99

0.853**

End

−4.35 (−5.22, −3.48), < 0.001

−3.72 (−4.63, −2.82), < 0.001

0.323***

MD (95% CI), P*

WHR

 

0.95 ± 0.07

 

Baseline

0.96 ± 0.04

0.93 ± 0.07

0.406**

End

0.93 ± 0.05

−0.01 (−0.02, 0.00), 0.031

0.014***

MD (95% CI), P*

−0.03 (−0.05, −0.02), < 0.001

  

WHtR

Baseline

0.67 ± 0.06

0.66 ± 0.05

0.821**

End

0.62 ± 0.06

0.63 ± 0.05

0.002***

MD (95% CI), P*

−0.05 (−0.06, −0.04), < 0.001

−0.03 (−0.04, −0.02), < 0.001

 

FBS (mg/dl)

Baseline

93.41 ± 9.63

93.12 ± 9.63

0.933**

End

90.76 ± 5.69

90.64 ± 4.69

0.923***

MD (95% CI), P*

−2.64 (−5.82, 0.53), 0.098

−0.21 (−0.37, −0.05), 0.013

 

HbA1c (%)

Baseline

5.30 ± 0.35

5.49 ± 0.49

 < 0.001**

End

5.09 ± 0.34

5.56 ± 0.32

 < 0.001***

MD (95% CI), P*

−2.49 (−7.54, 2.57), 0.314

0.07 (−0.08, 0.21), 0.340

 

TLR-4 (ng/ml)

Baseline

0.82 ± 0.11

0.80 ± 0.17

0.656**

End

0.70 ± 0.13

0.82 ± 0.14

0.004***

MD (95% CI), P*

−0.13 (−0.20, −0.05),0.003

0.02 (−0.05, 0.08), 0.634

 

MCP-1 (pg/ml)

Baseline

110.75 ± 7.56

11.64 ± 16.48

0.828**

End

100.44 ± 10.69

110.01 ± 11.79

0.027***

MD (95% CI), P*

−10.32 (−16.36, −4.27), 0.002

−1.64 (−8.12, 4.85), 0.603

 

NLR

Baseline

1.92 ± 0.81

1.81 ± 0.64

0.238**

End

1.94 ± 0.83

1.71 ± 0.60

0.176***

MD (95% CI), P*

26.51 (19.08, 33.94), < 0.001

37.44 (29.64, 45.23), < 0.001

 

MLR

Baseline

0.17 ± 0.09

0.16 ± 0.07

0.732**

End

0.23 ± 0.34

0.16 ± 0.08

0.179***

MD (95% CI), P*

0.06 (−0.09, 0.21), 0.399

0.004 (−0.16, 0.02), 0.701

 

PLR

Baseline

0.12 ± 0.03

0.11 ± 0.4

0.731**

End

0.12 ± 0.04

0.12 ± 0.05

0.019***

MD (95% CI), P*

−0.002 (−0.010, 0.006), 0.680

0.01 (0.001, 0.02), 0.030

 

SIRI

Baseline

688.53 ± 437.71

720.85 ± 622.22

0.850**

End

862.13 ± 1139.21

706.92 ± 610.50

0.151***

MD (95% CI), P*

173.59 (−308.57, 655.76), 0.460

−13.92 (−68.06, 40.22), 0.597

 

mHDL

Baseline

7.59 ± 3.67

10.56 ± 8.65

0.166**

End

13.47 ± 29.77

9.44 ± 6.70

0.080***

MD (95% CI), P*

5.87 (−7.30, 19.04), 0.362

− 1.12 (− 2.70, 0.45), 0.152

 

LPS (pg/ml)

Baseline

21.66 ± 1.83

20.72 ± 2.43

0.174**

End

18.91 ± 2.98

20.90 ± 2.36

0.011***

MD (95% CI), P*

−2.75 (−4.17, −1.33), < 0.001

0.18 (− 1.18, 1.54), 0.785

 

AST (IU/L)

Baseline

24.10 ± 10.91

26.75 ± 9.28

0.413**

End

18.40 ± 6.57

25.05 ± 8.70

0.008***

MD (95% CI), P*

−5.70 (−9.42, −1.98), 0.005

−1.70 (−3.53, 0.13), 0.067

 

ALT (IU/L)

Baseline

27.20 ± 14.0

37.35 ± 18.37

0.057**

End

18.75 ± 8.91

31.60 ± 16.24

0.149***

MD (95% CI), P*

−8.45 (−12.89, −4.01), 0.001

−5.75 (−10.46, −1.04), 0.019

 
  1. Bold indicates p < 0.05 is statistically significant
  2. DASH Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, BMI Body mass index, WC Waist circumference, HC Hip circumference, WHR Waist to hip ratio, WHtR Waist to height ratio, FBS Fasting blood sugar, HbA1c hemoglobin A1c, NLR Neutrophil to lymphocyte, MLR Monocyte to lymphocyte, PLR Platelets to lymphocyte, SIRI Systemic inflammation response index, mHDL Monocyte to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio, AST Aspartate aminotransferase, ALT Alanine aminotransferase, TLR-4 Toll-like receptor-4, MCP-1 Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, LPS Lipopolysaccharides
  3. Mean (SD) and Mean Difference (95% CI) are presented for data
  4. *p value for paired- t test;
  5. **p value for Independent samples t-test;
  6. ***p value for ANCOVA test (adjusted for baseline values and weight change)