Table 1 General and Clinical characteristics of the participants at the baseline
Variables | Groups | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Placebo N = 20 | Curcumin N = 21 | Zinc N = 21 | Curcumin and Zinc N = 20 | ||
Qualitative variables | |||||
Age (year) | 34.19 ± 7.03 | 36.95 ± 7.23 | 38.19 ± 4.87 | 34.48 ± 6.45 | 0.14 |
Weight (kg) | 84.67 ± 9.78 | 82.6 ± 8.03 | 81.81 ± 13.08 | 80.57 ± 10.17 | 0.65* |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 30.97 ± 2.33 | 30.46 ± 2.75 | 29.5 ± 2.82 | 29.95 ± 2.56 | 0.32* |
Waist circumstance (cm) | 108.01 ± 10.18 | 107.44 ± 9.9 | 103.39 ± 11.75 | 106.77 ± 10.19 | 0.493* |
Hip circumstance (cm) | 111.76 ± 7.16 | 112.47 ± 6.84 | 109.79 ± 6.04 | 108.88 ± 5.15 | 0.242* |
Physical activity | 445 (396–853.88) | 990 (495–1860) | 396 (396–1440) | 396 (396–982) | 0.03# |
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 110.56 ± 9 | 117.7 ± 6.9 | 115.7 ± 7.8 | 114.5 ± 8.2 | 0.437 |
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 70.43 ± 4.3 | 75 ± 3.6 | 73 ± 5.1 | 73.3 ± 4.2 | 0.644 |
Fat (gr) | 30.47 ± 3.85 | 32.03 ± 3.42 | 32.03 ± 3.6 | 30.25 ± 4.1 | 0.26* |
Quantitative variables | |||||
Gender (female) | 12 (60) | 16 (76.2) | 15 (71.5) | 13 (65) | 0.837# |
Education levels | |||||
University education | 10 (50) | 14 (66.7) | 12 (57.1) | 12 (60) | 0.585# |
Diploma | 6 (30) | 6 (28.6) | 4 (19.1) | 6 (30) | |
Under diploma | 4 (20) | 1 (4.8) | 5 (23.8) | 2 (10) | |