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Table 1 General characteristics of studied patients, and abdominal body fat distribution at baseline and after 8 weeks of 25 g/day of chia consumption

From: Chia (Salvia hispanica)-supplemented diet ameliorates non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and its metabolic abnormalities in humans

  

n = 25

 

Basal

Post-chia

P*

Age (years)

58.0 ± 7.7

 

Men/women

15/10

 

Adherence (%)

93.0 ± 8.0

 

BMI (kg/m2)

30.6 ± 3.5

29.9 ± 3.5

< 0.0001

WC (cm)

100.4 ± 9.8

97.9 ± 9.6

< 0.0001

TAF (cm2)

538 (433–631)

501 (410–568)

< 0.01

SAF (cm2)

317 (255–394)

308 (248–386)

< 0.05

VAF (cm2)

188 (164–230)

180 (150–234)

< 0.05

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation or median (interquartile range). BMI: body mass index, WC: waist circumference, TAF: total abdominal fat, SAF: subcutaneous abdominal fat, VAF: visceral abdominal fat. *paired Student’s t-test or Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-rank test, as correspond
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Lipids in Health and Disease

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