Body weight and concentration of plasma lipids at baseline and weeks 3, 6, and 12. Data are presented as mean (SD) unless otherwise stated
| Diet group (n=26)* | Control group (n=25)† | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| week 1 | week 3 | week 6 | week 12 | week 1 | week 3 | week 6 | week 12 | p Value‡ | |
| *n=25 for body weight, plasma cholesterol at week 6, and plasma triglycerides at week 6 owing to missing data; | |||||||||
| †n=23 for body weight owing to missing data; | |||||||||
| ‡the p values refer to difference between diet and control groups for the change from baseline to week 12. Differences between groups were analysed by Student’s t test for independent samples. | |||||||||
| Significant change from baseline: §p<0.001; | |||||||||
| ¶p<0.01. Within-group differences at weeks 3, 6, and 12 compared with baseline were evaluated by Student’s t test for paired samples. | |||||||||
| Body weight (kg) | 78.9 (14.2) | 75.9 (13.5)§ | 73.0 (12.8) | 72.6 (13.0) | <0.001 | ||||
| Range | 55.6–109.3 | 52.5–106.7 | 53.2–102.3 | 53.8–102.2 | |||||
| Plasma cholesterol (mmol/l) | 5.9 (1.1) | 5.2 (1.2)§ | 5.4 (1.0)§ | 5.5 (1.2)¶ | 5.5 (1.0) | 5.3 (1.0) | 5.5 (1.0) | 5.3 (1.0) | 0.131 |
| Plasma triglycerides (mmol/l) | 1.6 (0.8) | 1.3 (0.5) | 1.4 (0.6) | 1.3 (0.5) | 1.2 (0.5) | 1.2 (0.6) | 1.3 (0.6) | 1.1 (0.5) | 0.179 |