Effects of Cashew Nut (Anacardium occidentale L.) Seed Flour in Moderately Malnourished Children: Randomized Clinical Trial

Table 1

Mean values and standard deviations of biochemical parameters in moderately malnourished children before and after 24 weeks of intervention (n = 30), Imperatriz, Brazil, 2017.

	Group control			Experimental group
	Before	After	value	Before	After	value
Glycemia	72.33 ± 10.08	78.53 ± 12.82	0.02	78.00 ± 9.52	78.33 ± 17.15	0.95
HbA1c	5.31 ± 0.26	5.28 ± 0.49	0.82	5.40 ± 0.19	5.24 ± 0.22	<0.01
Triglycerides	89.53 ± 33.51	101.20 ± 59.59	0.47	71.27 ± 32.49	86.53 ± 37.34	0.21
Total cholesterol	167.53 ± 20.49	170.93 ± 34.17	0.58	160.20 ± 27.51	161.93 ± 23.49	0.77
HDL	50.60 ± 8.26	43.20 ± 11.34	0.04	46.93 ± 12.99	47.07 ± 12.65	0.96
LDL	99.13 ± 19.02	99.80 ± 33.11	0.94	92.80 ± 29.33	97.53 ± 20.58	0.59

Student’s t-test for dependent samples (paired groups). Wilcoxon t-test. Glycated hemoglobin. Source: survey data, 2017.