Effects of gum Arabic ingestion on body mass index and body fat percentage in healthy adult females: two-arm randomized, placebo controlled, double-blind trial

Table 1 Characteristics of cases in the study and control groups

Parameter		Minimum	Maximum	Mean	SD	P value
Age (years)	Study group	17	31	19.37	1.97	0.670
Age (years)	Control group	18	35	19.53	2.25	0.670
Height (m)	Study group	1.50	1.85	1.63	0.064	0.620
Height (m)	Control group	1.53	1.73	1.62	0.057	0.620
Weight (kg)	Study group	54.30	121.20	72.30	13.26	0.054
Weight (kg)	Control group	46.30	95.50	68.01	10.78	0.054
BMI (kg/ m²)	Study group	17.53	51.10	27.31	5.42	0.076
BMI (kg/ m²)	Control group	17.22	34.66	25.78	3.85	0.076
Body fat %	Study group	11.70	32.00	19.45	4.24	0.14
Body fat %	Control group	9.50	26.90	18.31	4.14	0.14

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