Parameters Intervention Group (N=27) Control Group (N=28) p-value Demographic       Age (years) 55.26 ± 6.41 57.32 ± 7.00 0.26 Anthropometric       Total body mass (kg) 81.5 ± 13.7 79.9 ± 13.5 0.67 Body mass index (kg/m2) 32.1 ± 4.4 33.2 ± 4.6 0.37 Waist circumference (cm) 104.9 ± 11.3 102.3 ± 11.5 0.38 Clinical       Systolic arterial blood pressure (mmHg) 134.7 ± 18.8 134.4 ± 18.9 0.95 Diastolic arterial blood pressure (mmHg) 82.6 ± 14.4 85.1 ± 16.0 0.84 Biochemical       Glucose (mg/dL) 118.7 ± 39.1 133.0 ± 56.6 0.35 Triglycerides (mg/dL) 188.5 ± 135.8 158.3 ± 80.2 0.42 Cholesterol (mg/dL) 227.0 ± 44.9 225.6 ± 46.1 0.91 HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) 51.1 ± 8.9 48.0 ± 9.1 0.20 LDL cholesterol (mg/dL) 141.3 ± 44.3 142.8 ± 43.4 0.89 Dietetic       Energy (kcal) 1921 ±426 2039 ± 362 0.27 Carbohydrates (%) 47.6 ± 11.75 51.4 ± 7.9 0.16 Proteins (g/kg/day) 1.2 ± 0.5 1.1 ± 0.3 0.92 Lipids (%) 32.6 ± 7.6 30.4 ± 6.9 0.26 Saturated Fatty Acids (%) 7.14 ± 3.3 8.7 ± 3.0 0.17 Monosaturated Fatty Acids (%) 5.6 ± 3.7 7.9 ± 2.5 < 0.01* Polysaturated Fatty Acids (%) 4.1 ± 2.4 5.5 ± 4.6 0.10 Fibers (g/day) 18.4 ± 4.9 18.1 ± 5.7 0.78 Calcium (mg/day) 876.8 ± 492.5 1647.9 ± 279.1 0.01* Potassium (mg/day) 1647.9 ±864.7 1935.9 ± 826.0 0.60 Values are means ± standard deviation. The Student’s t-test for independent samples was used for between-group comparisons. * express significant difference with P < 0.05. HDL: high density lipoprotein; LDL: low density lipoprotein.

Table 1: Comparison of the demographic, anthropometric, clinical, biochemical, and dietetic parameters between intervention and control groups at M0

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