Lipids in Health and Disease

Table 2 Changes in anthropometric data

From: Short-term intake of a Japanese-style healthy lunch menu contributes to prevention and/or improvement in metabolic syndrome among middle-aged men: a non-randomized controlled trial

			Intervention group
Characteristics		Control group	p value	Intake frequency of <50% ile (n = 12)	p value	Intake frequency of ≥50% ile (n = 16)	p value
	Baseline	70.4 ± 13.1		77.2 ± 13.9		67.8 ± 7.0
Weight (kg)			0.132*		0.546*		0.330†
	After 3 months	71.5 ± 12.8		77.5 ± 13.5		67.4 ± 6.9
	Baseline	23.1 ± 3.9		27.2 ± 3.4		24.0 ± 2.4
BMI (kg/m²)			0.175*		0.618*		0.210*
	After 3 months	23.4 ± 3.8		27.3 ± 3.2		23.8 ± 2.5
	Baseline	23.6 ± 6.5		29.1 ± 6.9		23.8 ± 3.5
BFP (%)			0.126*		0.783†		0.019*
	After 3 months	24.1 ± 6.8		29.0 ± 7.2		22.7 ± 3.6
	Baseline	127.3 ± 10.0		140.5 ± 13.1		137.5 ± 15.0
SBP (mmHg)			0.063*		0.277*		0.023†
	After 3 months	132.4 ± 10.8		138.1 ± 14.9		131.9 ± 16.9
	Baseline	81.3 ± 7.4		90.5 ± 11.9		88.4 ± 10.6
DBP (mmHg)			0.506*		0.000*		0.001*
	After 3 months	80.3 ± 7.4		86.3 ± 11.4		80.8 ± 8.7
	Baseline	85.2 ± 11.6		91.8 ± 10.8		85.7 ± 7.1
WC (cm)			0.861*		0.307*		0.129*
	After 3 months	85.0 ± 13.2		91.0 ± 10.9		84.8 ± 7.4

Data shows mean ± S.D.
Abbreviations: BMI Body mass index, BFP Body fat percentage, SBP Systolic blood pressure, DBP Diastolic blood pressure, WC Waist circumference.
*p stands for the difference between the baseline parameters and the parameters after 3 months analyzed by the paired t-test.
†p stands for the difference between the baseline parameters and the parameters after 3 months analyzed by Wilcoxon’s signed rank test.
Difference was considered significant at p < 0.05.

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