Table 3 |
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| Changes in anthropometric measures and blood pressure during study period | |||
| Measures | LSM (SE)1 | ||
| Oat group (n=85) | Control group (n=81) | P Between groups | |
| Waist circumference (cm) change from Baseline | −1.27 (0.473) | 0.85 (0.485) | 0.002 |
| Baseline | 86.7 (0.92) | 86.9 (0.94) | 0.887 |
| Week 6 | 85.4 (0.82) | 87.7 (0.84) | |
| Weight (kg) change from Baseline | 0.46 (0.306) | 0.67 (0.313) | 0.621 |
| Baseline | 69.7(0.94) | 69.8 (0.97) | .0948 |
| Week 6 | 69.8 (0.93) | 70.4 (0.96) | |
| Body mass Index change from Baseline | 0.04 (0.092) | 0.25 (0.094) | 0.108 |
| Baseline | 25.5 (0.32) | 25.5 (0.33) | 0.964 |
| Week 6 | 25.6 (0.32) | 25.7 (0.32) | |
| Systolic Blood Pressure change from Baseline | 1.01 (1.120) | 0.85 (1.477) | 0.919 |
| Baseline | 124.7 (1.74) | 129.0 (1.78) | 0.085 |
| Week 6 | 125.7 (1.65) | 129.9 (1.69) | |
| Diastolic Blood Pressure change from Baseline | −0.13 (0.916) | 0.76 (0.938) | 0.500 |
| Baseline | 80.3 (1.06) | 79.7 (1.09) | 0.689 |
| Week 6 | 80.1 (0.97) | 80.4 (1.00) | |
1 LSM (SE) and p-value obtained from ANCOVA, where covariates were age, sex, smoking status, alcohol consumption, education status, medication use.
Zhang et al. Nutrition Journal 2012 11:54 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-11-54
