Walnut consumption in a weight reduction intervention: effects on body weight, biological measures, blood pressure and satiety

Table 1 Characteristics of study participants in the weight reduction intervention

	Standard reduced-energy-density diet (n = 51)	Walnut-enriched reduced-energy diet (n = 49)	p (between groups) *
Sex (N [%])			0.53
Female	27 (53%)	31 (63%)
Male	24 (47%)	18 (37%)
Age (years), mean (SE)	52.2 (1.6)	53.3 (1.4)	0.63
Education (years), mean (SE)	16.1 (0.3)	16.2 (0.3)	0.88
Race/ethnicity (%)			0.84
Non-Hispanic white	73	73
Hispanic/Latino	14	18
African-American	6	2
Asian-American	2	2
Mixed/other	6	4

*p values are from chi-square tests (categorical variables), or t-tests (continuous variables)

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