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Table 2 Anthropometric measurement in MetS patients at baseline and post-fasting in two groups ^a

From: L-carnitine ameliorated fasting-induced fatigue, hunger, and metabolic abnormalities in patients with metabolic syndrome: a randomized controlled study

	Control group				Carnitine group				^Δ P-value
	Baseline	Post-fasting	P-value^b	Changes	Baseline	Post-fasting	P-value^b	Changes
Body mass (kg)	74.2 ± 6.9	71 ± 6.6	<0.001	-3.2 ± 1.1	75.1 ± 8.0	70.5 ± 7.7	<0.001	-4.6 ± 0.9	0.04
BMI (kg/m²)	27.4 ± 2.0	26.2 ± 2.1	<0.001	-1.02 ± 0.28	28.2 ± 1.8	26.5 ± 1.8	<0.001	-1.6 ± 0.39	<0.001
WC (cm)	90.6 ± 8.95	88.9 ± 8.6	<0.001	-1.7 ± 1.16	94.1 ± 6.0	89.1 ± 6.1	<0.001	-5.0 ± 2.2	<0.001
HC (cm)	102.5 ± 4.66	99.8 ± 6.78	<0.001	-2.7 ± 1.57	103.8 ± 3.96	100.9 ± 4.11	<0.001	-2.9 ± 2.03	0.78
WHR	0.88 ± 0.05	0.89 ± 0.08	<0.001	0.012 ± 0.01	0.91 ± 0.07	0.88 ± 0.06	<0.001	-0.023 ± 0.017	<0.001
SBP (mmHg)	135.7 ± 15.6	126.4 ± 8.9	<0.001	-9.26 ± 7.83	120.6 ± 15.45	115.2 ± 8.89	0.190	-5.35 ± 14.48	0.064
DBP (mmHg)	80.8 ± 8.4	76.1 ± 6.0	0.001	-3.73 ± 3.41	78.9 ± 9.4	75.6 ± 4.73	0.202	-3.29 ± 9.15	0.649

Abbreviation: BMI body mass index, DBP diastolic blood pressure, HC hip circumference, SBP systolic blood pressure, WC waist circumference, WHR waist hip ratio.
^aVariables are expressed as mean ± SD.
^b P-value was determined by paired test between baseline and post-fasting.
^Δ P-value was determined by unpaired test between groups in difference.

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