The inclusion of a partial meal replacement with or without inulin to a calorie restricted diet contributes to reach recommended intakes of micronutrients and decrease plasma triglycerides: A randomized clinical trial in obese Mexican women.

Table 2 Characteristics of subjects at baseline by treatment group ^1,2

	PMR + I	PMR	INU	CON
N	23	28	30	29
Age, y	34.62 ± 7.4	33.17 ± 7.63	32.58 ± 8.13	33.39 ± 8.72
Weight, Kg	75.96 ± 11.71	75.79 ± 12.45	76.55 ± 10.96	76.45 ± 11.07
Height, cm	155.98 ± 4.45	157.32 ± 5.91	157.76 ± 5.94	157.49 ± 6.29
Waist circumference, cm	91.88 ± 9.91	90.75 ± 9.34	91.07 ± 8.66	92.16 ± 8.91
BMI (Kg/m²)	31.17 ± 4.37	30.55 ± 4.13	30.74 ± 3.87	30.86 ± 4.47
Body fat, %	38.85 ± 6.16	39.39 ± 5.43	39.45 ± 6.11	40.22 ± 6.29
Glucose, mg/dL	104.39 ± 10.3	96.66 ± 13.57	95.59 ± 7.58	97.83 ± 8.44
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	186.74 ±37.56	172.75 ± 34.36	171.00 ± 26.13	183.75 ± 24.84
HDL, mg/dL	41.74 ± 10.55	44.40 ± 10.58	41.26 ± 9.66	44.54 ± 8.44
LDL, mg/dL	110.59 ± 35.12	96.37 ± 40.76	96.72 ± 26.54	109.79 ± 22.99
Triglycerides, mg/dL	172.13 ± 71.43	159.89 ± 82.26	165.10 ± 80.22	154.03 ± 80.1

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