Mistaken perception of lipid intake and its effects: a randomized trial

BMC Nutrition

Table 3 Pre- and post-intervention differences in anthropometric measurements according to pseudo-maintenance classification

Usual care group (n = 31)
Anthropometric characteristics	Non–pseudo-maintenance group (n = 17)			Pseudo-maintenance group (n = 14)
Anthropometric characteristics	Pre-intervention	Post-intervention	p value	Pre-intervention	Post-intervention	p value
Weight (kg)	64.5 ± 11.2	64.4 ± 11.5	0.888^a	67.4 ± 16.0	68.3 ± 17.8	0.071^a
BMI^b (kg/m²)	27.2 ± 5.2	27.2 ± 5.2	0.993^a	28.3 ± 5.9	28.6 ± 6.4	0.271^a
WC^c (cm)	83.2 ± 9.0	83.9 ± 8.0	0.217^a	88.0 ± 12.0	88.5 ± 11.7	0.677^a
WHR^d	0.819 ± 0.06	0.820 ± 0.06	0.902^a	0.839 ± 0.06	0.847 ± 0.06	0.627^a
Transtheoretical Model-intervention group (n = 40)
Anthropometric characteristics	Non–pseudo-maintenance group (n = 21)			Pseudo-maintenance group (n = 19)
Anthropometric characteristics	Pre-intervention	Post-intervention	p value	Pre-intervention	Post-intervention	p value
Weight (kg)	68.1 ± 11.1	67.3 ± 11.2	0.194^a	68.6 ± 12.1	67.4 ± 11.8	0.048^a
BMI^b (kg/m²)	28.5 ± 3.8	28.1 ± 3.9	0.155^a	27.6 ± 4.2	27.1 ± 4.2	0.028^a
WC^c (cm)	85.0 ± 9.3	84.8 ± 7.3	0.873^a	84.9 ± 10.0	83.6 ± 8.1	0.193^a
WHR^d	0.824 ± 0.05	0.816 ± 0.04	0.437^a	0.834 ± 0.07	0.819 ± 0.06	0.106^a

^aPaired Student’s t-test. Normally distributed variables are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. ^b BMI body mass index; ^c WC waist circumference; ^d WHR waist/hip ratio

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