A priority oriented nutrition education program to improve nutritional and cardiometabolic status in the workplace: a randomized field trial

Table 3 Anthropometrics variables of the study groups

Variables	Control (n = 43)	Education (n = 48)	P value^a
Weight (kg)
Baseline	86.82±12.54	86.83±10.81	0.996
Follow-up	87.29±13.33	85.60±10.39	0.501
Change	-0.46±2.41	-1.35±1.93	0.000
P value^b	0.214	<0.001
BMI
Baseline	28.46±3.57	28.73±3.16	0.713
Follow-up	28.58±3.71	28.25±3.02	0.641
Change	0.11±0.96	-0.48±1.06	0.006
P value^b	0.426	<0.005
Body Fat* (%)
Baseline	24.05±5.60	26.59±5.88	0.039
Follow-up	25.32±5.60	26.37±4.47	0.136
Change	1.27±5.6	-0.22±3.72	0.136
P value^b	0.147	0.683

*Comparison based on baseline values of body fat percent. ANCOVA test was also applied to control the effects of possible confounders
^aBased on independent t-Test
^bBased on paired t-test

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