Randomized controlled trial of oatmeal consumption versus noodle consumption on blood lipids of urban Chinese adults with hypercholesterolemia

Table 3 Changes in anthropometric measures and blood pressure during study period

Measures	LSM (SE)¹
	Oat group (n=85)	Control group (n=81)	P Between groups
Waist circumference (cm) change from Baseline	−1.27 (0.473)	0.85 (0.485)	0.002
Baseline	86.7 (0.92)	86.9 (0.94)	0.887
Week 6	85.4 (0.82)	87.7 (0.84)
Weight (kg) change from Baseline	0.46 (0.306)	0.67 (0.313)	0.621
Baseline	69.7(0.94)	69.8 (0.97)	.0948
Week 6	69.8 (0.93)	70.4 (0.96)
Body mass Index change from Baseline	0.04 (0.092)	0.25 (0.094)	0.108
Baseline	25.5 (0.32)	25.5 (0.33)	0.964
Week 6	25.6 (0.32)	25.7 (0.32)
Systolic Blood Pressure change from Baseline	1.01 (1.120)	0.85 (1.477)	0.919
Baseline	124.7 (1.74)	129.0 (1.78)	0.085
Week 6	125.7 (1.65)	129.9 (1.69)
Diastolic Blood Pressure change from Baseline	−0.13 (0.916)	0.76 (0.938)	0.500
Baseline	80.3 (1.06)	79.7 (1.09)	0.689
Week 6	80.1 (0.97)	80.4 (1.00)

¹ LSM (SE) and p-value obtained from ANCOVA, where covariates were age, sex, smoking status, alcohol consumption, education status, medication use.

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