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      BMI – Body mass index, WC- waist circumference, TC – total cholesterol, LDL - Low density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL - High density lipoprotein cholesterol, Tg – triglyceride, FBS- Fasting blood sugar, HbA1c – glycosylated hemoglobin, SBP – systolic blood pressure, DBP – diastolic blood pressure, cIMT – carotid intima media thickness.
        | Parameter | Control group | Study group | p-value |  
        |  | Baseline | After  1    year | p value | Baseline | After  1    year | p  value |  |  
        | Weight    (Kg) | 90.37 ± 13.5 | 89.14 ± 13.55 | 0.002 | 91.62 ± 12.9 | 86.91 ± 12.53 | <0.001 | 0.001 |  
        | BMI | 34.11 ± 4.75 | 33.65 ± 4.9 | 0.003 | 32.98 ± 3.98 | 31.29 ± 3.99 | <0.001 | 0.001 |  
        | WC    (cm) | 99.9 ± 7.78 | 98.00 ± 7.3 | <0.001 | 99 ± 4.31 | 95.12 ± 5.12 | <0.001 | 0.001 |  
        | TC    (mg/dL) | 230 ± 45.06 | 173 ± 25.0 | <0.001 | 240.9 ± 56.48 | 171.85 ± 25.37 | <0.001 | 0.119 |  
        | LDL  (mg/dL) | 153.3 ± 52.77 | 102.56 ± 30.89 | <0.001 | 162.5 ± 60.40 | 92.21 ± 28.11 | <0.001 | 0.035 |  
        | HDL  (mg/dL) | 47.65 ± 13.63 | 49.95 ± 11.97 | 0.017 | 48.24 ± 15.87 | 59.15 ± 12.36 | <0.001 | 0.001 |  
        | Tg  (mg/dL) | 159.7 ± 49.73 | 114.86 ± 24 | <0.001 | 152.5 ± 50.34 | 109.29 ± 29.86 | <0.001 | 0.896 |  
        | FBS  mg% | 117.8 ± 31.57 | 91.95 ± 7.23 | <0.001 | 124.26 ± 37.19 | 91.65 ± 9.75 | <0.001 | 0.337 |  
        | HbA1c    (%) | 5.75 ± 0.63 | 5.23 ± 0.31 | <0.001 | 5.76 ± 0.78 | 5.062 ± 0.329 | <0.001 | 0.152 |  
        | SBP    (mmHg) | 157.26 ± 11.75 | 131.95 ± 6.62 | <0.001 | 162.76 ± 10.69 | 130.35 ± 8.53 | <0.001 | 0.010 |  
        | DBP    (mmHg) | 93.40 ± 5.56 | 82 ± 7.24 | <0.001 | 94.71 ± 6.24 | 80.88 ± 5.91 | <0.001 | 0.180 |  
        | cIMT    (mm) | 0.8313 ± 0.171 | 0.834 ± 0.171 | 0.901 | 0.8423 ± 0.176 | 0.8077 ± 0.204 | <0.001 | 0.0001 |  |