Table 4 Biochemical parameter values of the study groups at baseline and at the end of the intervention

AEA (ng/ml)

Before

11.50 (8.83)^a

8.07 (6.21)

0.090^b

After

5.49 (4.23)

7.25 (5.90)

< 0.001^c

p^d

< 0.001

0.006

2-AG (ng/ml)

Before

16.39 (13.36)

11.92 (8.99)

0.183^b

After

8.11 (7.72)

10.64 (8.38)

0.001^c

p^d

< 0.001

0.012

TC (mg/dl)

Before

141.51 (20.14)

148.53 (26.37)

0.257^b

After

129.63 (19.72)

146.79 (24.60)

0.013^c

p^d

0.003

0.707

LDL-C (mg/dl)

Before

75.3 (15.98)

75.06 (12.53)

0.950^b

After

68.46 (9.05)

72.51 (11.07)

0.095^c

p^d

0.014

0.258

HDL-C (mg/dl)

Before

40.33 (4.03)

41.43 (5.36)

0.373b

After

44.21 (4.71)

41.41 (5.60)

0.006^c

p^d

< 0.001

0.983

TG (mg/dl)

Before

132.03 (34.33)

136.96 (50.83)

0.661^b

After

108.49 (25.18)

130.17 (49.98)

0.030^c

p^d

< 0.001

0.346

FBS (mg/dl)

Before

86.66 (9.89)

81.76 (10.09)

0.062^b

After

79.37 (8.31)

79.39 (8.08)

0.044^c

p^d

< 0.001

0.035

Insulin (μIU/ml)

Before

9.30 (5.10)

7.62 (5.16)

0.220^b

After

5.65 (2.33)

5.91 (3.20)

0.124^c

p^d

< 0.001

0.018

HOMA-IR

Before

1.96 (1.00)

1.60 (1.24)

0.213^b

After

1.11 (0.49)

1.17 (0.69)

0.070^c

p^d

< 0.001

0.010