A Six-Month Randomized Controlled Trial of Whole Soy and Isoflavones Daidzein on Body Composition in Equol-Producing Postmenopausal Women with Prehypertension
Table 3
The effect of whole soy and purified daidzein on anthropometric measures and body composition.
Whole soy group
Daidzein group
Placebo group
values
Body weight (kg)
Baseline
0.552
6-month
0.901
Change
0.095
%change
0.092
Body mass index (BMI, kg/m2)
Baseline
0.552
6-month
0.964
Change
0.143
%change
0.112
Waist circumference (WC, cm)
Baseline
0.693
6-month
0.600
Change
0.701
%change
0.787
Hip circumference (HC, cm)
Baseline
0.736
6-month
0.995
Change
0.691
%change
0.708
Waist and hip ratio (WHR)
Baseline
0.137
6-month
0.171
Change
0.937
%change
0.942
Body fat percentage (%)*
Baseline
0.992
6-month
0.812
Change
0.180
%change
0.306
Fat mass (kg)
Baseline
0.831
6-month
0.991
Change
0.092
%change
0.319
Free fat mass (kg)
Baseline
0.673
6-month
0.894
Change
0.640
%change
All values are means ± standard deviation; values refer to comparison among the 3 study groups by ANOVA (analysis of variance); *Skewed variables or variables with heterogeneity in variance (Body fat%) were corrected by log transformation and reported arithmetic means.
