Hypocaloric diet supplemented with probiotic cheese improves body mass index and blood pressure indices of obese hypertensive patients - a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled pilot study

Table 4 Anthropometric indices and blood pressure values of patients after consumption of probioticor control cheese

Index	Probiotic cheese			Control cheese			Extent of change
	Baseline	After treatment	P	Baseline	After treatment	P	Probiotic vs. control cheeseP
Body weight, kg	105.6 ± 16.2	99.9 ± 14.4	<0.001	102.4 ± 14.4	98.0 ± 13.3	<0.001	0.083
BMI, kg/m²	37.7 ± 4.3	35.7 ± 3.8	<0.001	36.3 ± 4.3	34.7 ± 4.2	<0.001	0.031
Waist-to-hip ratio	0.985 ± 0.06	0.984 ± 0.05	0.778	0.993 ± 0.06	0.978 ± 0.05	0.590	0.034
Muscle mass, kg	33.0 ± 7.7	32.1 ± 7.1	0.677	31.2 ± 7.3	30.1 ± 6.6	0.967	0.315
Fat mass, kg	46.7 ± 10.3	42.7 ± 9.8	0.169	46.4 ± 7.9	42.4 ± 9.6	0.211	0.180
Total water content, L	42.6 ± 10.2	41.2 ± 9.7	0.001	41.1 ± 8.8	40.7 ± 7.8	0.072	0.252
Morning SBP, mmHg	134.0 ± 1.6	121.8 ± 1.5	<0.001	131.4 ± 1.8	120.0 ± 1.8	<0.001	0.978
Evening SBP, mmHg	129.4 ± 2.5	120.6 ± 1.2	<0.001	130.0 ± 3.3	119.3 ± 1.6	0.004	0.716
Morning DBP, mmHg	82.4 ± 1.2	78.4 ± 0.9	0.040	82.1 ± 1.5	78.6 ± 1.0	0.002	0.240
Evening DBP, mmHg	79.6 ± 1.4	78.0 ± 1.2	0.528	79.6 ± 1.6	76.4 ± 1.3	0.008	0.026

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. BMI, body mass index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure;
SBP, systolic blood pressure.

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