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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Dietary intervention with a specific micronutrient combination for the treatment of patients with cardiac arrhythmias: the impact on insulin resistance and left ventricular function

 

Verum (n = 29)

Placebo (n = 25)

V vs. P

x ± SD

x ± SD

p-value

Sex (n/%)

 female

14 (48.3%)

13 (52.0%)

1.000

 male

15 (51.7%)

12 (48.0%)

Age (years)

59.7 ± 10.2

59.8 ± 13.8

0.524

Height (cm)

171.9 ± 8.8

171.0 ± 9.1

0.740

Weight (kg)

82.0 ± 17.9

82.9 ± 14.7

0.561

BMI (kg/m2)

27.6 ± 4.8

28.3 ± 4.2

0.535

  < 25.0 kg/m2 (n/%)

10 (34.5%)

7 (28.0%)

0.940

 25.0–29.9 kg/m2 (n/%)

11 (37.9%)

11 (44.0%)

  ≥ 30.0 kg/m2 (n/%)

8 (27.6%)

7 (28.0%)

WC female (cm)

88.9 ± 13.1

87.6 ± 9.6

0.847

  ≥ 88 cm (n/%)

9 (31.0%)

5 (20.0%)

0.449

WC male (cm)

103.6 ± 14.6

106.6 ± 8.8

0.286

  ≥ 102 cm (n/%)

8 (27.6%)

9 (36.0%)

0.429

WHtR

0.558 ± 0.080

0.565 ± 0.064

0.602

  ≥ 0,5 (n/%)

21 (72.4%)

20 (80.0%)

0.545

BP systolic (mmHg)

142.2 ± 17.4

134.7 ± 12.5

0.077

  ≥ 130 mmHg (n/%)

23 (79.3%)

16 (64.0%)

0.239

BP diastolic (mmHg)

86.3 ± 9.7

82.2 ± 8.6

0.160

  ≥ 85 mmHg (n/%)

16 (55.2%)

9 (36.0%)

0.182

Heart rate/min

71.4 ± 12.5

72.9 ± 12.7

0.773

  1. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, WHtR waist to height ratio, BP blood pressure