Effect of a High Protein Weight Loss Diet on Weight, High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein, and Cardiovascular Risk among Overweight and Obese Women: A Parallel Clinical Trial

Table 2

Percent changes of cardiovascular risk factors and hs-CRP in high protein diet and control diet groups after adjustment for age, BMI, and medication use¹.

Variables	Control diet group	HP diet group	𝑃 value^2
Weight	−3.90 ± 0.26	−6.10 ± 0.34	0.0001
Waist	−3.03 ± 0.21	−5.06 ± 0.28	0.0001
Triglyceride	−6.33 ± 1.9	−7.06 ± 1.4	0.76
Triglyceride adjusted	−6.21 ± 1.6	−6.37 ± 1.3	0.83
Fasting blood glucose	−9.13 ± 0.67	−4.93 ± 1.4	0.01
Fasting blood glucose adjusted	−8.67 ± 0.56	−4.32 ± 1.3	0.02
Total cholesterol	−6.4 ± 1.3	−2.9 ± 1.2	0.06
Total cholesterol adjusted	−6.1 ± 1.0	−2.7 ± 1.0	0.09
LDL cholesterol	−4.76 ± 1.05	−2.7 ± 0.20	0.20
LDL adjusted	−4.64 ± 0.97	−2.6 ± 0.10	0.24
HDL cholesterol	0.0001 ± 0.5	0.3 ± 0.47	0.66
HDL adjusted	0.0001 ± 0.5	0.3 ± 0.42	0.68
Systolic blood pressure	−5.26 ± 0.73	−3.66 ± 0.47	0.07
Systolic blood pressure adjusted	−5.06 ± 0.67	−3.69 ± 0.41	0.08
Diastolic blood pressure	−4.06 ± 0.84	−2.2 ± 0.68	0.09
Diastolic blood pressure adjusted	−4.01 ± 0.78	−2.11 ± 0.65	0.10
Hs-CRP	−0.08 ± 0.11	−0.04 ± 0.09	0.06
Hs-CRP adjusted	−0.07 ± 0.10	−0.03 ± 0.09	0.07
BMI	−0.39 ± 0.02	−0.57 ± 0.03	0.01

¹Values are mean ± SEM.
²These 𝑃 values resulted from 𝑡-tests between the control diet group and the high protein diet group; 𝑃<0.05 was considered statistically significant.