Randomized Control Trial for Reduction of Body Weight, Body Fat Patterning, and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Overweight Worksite Employees in Delhi, India

Table 5

Changes in abnormal profile of various factors to normal after intervention.

Parameters	Intervention		Control		Statistical significance of change in intervention versus change in control
Risk factors	Pre	Post	Pre	Post	values	values
Obesity (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m^2)	90.9	85.6	80.2	86.5	1.830	0.0673
Sum of four skinfolds (4SF ≥ 53.8 mm)	70.3	42.6	75.9	66.7	2.263	0.0237
Waist circumference (WC ≥ 90 cm M, ≥ 80 cm F)	93.5	92.3	84.3	85.2	0.089	0.0896
Waist-hip ratio (≥0.9 M, ≥ 0.8 F)	91.0	91.0	90.7	90.7	0.175	0.8611
SBP ≥ 130 mmHg	31.2	24.7	31	32	0.901	0.3675
DBP ≥ 85 mmHg	40.3	30.5	44.0	30.0	0.492	0.6229
FBG ≥ 100 mg/dl	25.7	18.9	30.6	22.8	0.005	0.9957
Total cholesterol ≥ 200 mg/dl	33.1	27.7	29.4	32.4	0.995	0.3195
HDL (≤40 mg/dl in M and ≤50 mg/dl in F)	56.8	40.5	63.7	59.8	1.382	0.1669
LDL (≥100 mg/dl)	72.3	69.6	74.5	74.5	0.335	0.7376
TG (≥150 mg/dl)	37.2	27.0	33.3	38.2	1.748	0.0805

All values are in percentages; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; FBG: fasting blood glucose; HDL-c: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-c: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG: serum triglycerides; M: males; F: females.