Table 4: Metabolic syndrome variables.

 

Pre-treatment (Baseline)

Post-treatment (Week 12)

t/z

p

Cholesterol

190.80 (46.34)

193.54 (42.77)

-0.874t

0.389

Triglycerides

87 (155)

86 (176)

-0.625z

0.532

HDL

49.71 (15.62)

48.66 (14.88)

1.170t

0.250

LDL

124.32 (80.61)

127.32 (40.21)

-1.089t

0.284

Glucose

93.18 (11.40)

93.87 (13.99)

-0.434t

0.667

For continuous variables, mean (standard deviation) or median (interquartile range) is given according to the test applied and t scores are obtained for paired t test, z scores are obtained for two related samples test.
Note: *p ˂ 0.05.