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Table 5 Serum levels of serum biochemical parameters of the control and education groups

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

Variables

Control (n = 43)

Education (n = 48)

P valuea

FBS (mg/dL)

 Baseline

82.09±17.15

80.27±10.48

0.528

 Follow-up

98.97±20.30

83.68±13.89

<0.001

 Change

16.88±21.92

3.41±13.07

0.001

P valueb

<0.001

0.08

 

HbA1C(mmol/L)

 Baseline

4.50±0.54

4.58±0.56

0.489

 Follow-up

4.75±0.48

4.60±0.49

0.164

 Change

0.24±0.69

0.20±0.43

0.067

P valueb

0.026

0.743

 

hs-CRP (mg/dL)

 Baseline

2.08±2.82

2.09±2.94

0.738

 Follow-up

2.30±2.43

3.36±10.57

0.525

 Change

0.22±1.38

1.26±10.57

0.524

P valueb

0.299

0.412

 

Hcy (μmol/L)

 Baseline

23.54±9.94

23.58±10.56

0.838

 Follow-up

29.44±9.41

21.71±7.61

<0.001

 Change

5.90±6.98

2.1±5.24

0.001

P valueb

<0.001

0.006

 
  1. All tests are conducted at a significant level of 5%
  2. aBased on independent t-Test
  3. bBased on paired t-test