The effects of zinc supplementation on the metabolic factors in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial

Table 3 Anthropometrics assessments of the intervention (n = 25) and control (n = 25) groups before and after the study, as well as their differences

		Before	After	P-value^#	Mean difference
Height (cm)	Intervention	169.36 ± 8.03
	Control	169.68 ± 9.68
	P-value^*	0.899
Weight (kg)	Intervention	87.68 ± 13.76	82.08 ± 12.20	< 0.001	-5.60 ± 2.69
	Control	84.24 ± 15.49	81.08 ± 15.26	< 0.001	-3.16 ± 1.62
	P-value^*	0.411	0.799		0.004^†
BMI (kg/m²)	Intervention	30.55 ± 4.19	28.58 ± 3.52	< 0.001	-1.97 ± 0.96
	Control	28.95 ± 3.20	27.91 ± 3.15	< 0.001	-1.04 ± 0.57
	P-value^*	0.137	0.483		0.002^†
Waist circumference (cm)	Intervention	94.80 ± 9.92	90.08 ± 8.63	< 0.001	-4.72 ± 3.24
	Control	91.32 ± 10.24	89.29 ± 9.89	< 0.001	-2.12 ± 1.78
	P-value^*	0.228	0.739		0.010^†

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