Time *

% improvement

with time

At start

6 months later

12 months later

Anthropometric measurements:

Weight

D + E

108 (4)

98 (4)

87 (5)

19.4

E

108 (5)

99 (3)

95 (3)

12

D

108 (4)

100 (4)

96 (5)

11.1

BMI

D + E

38 (2)

34 (2)

31 (2)

18.4

E

37 (2)

34 (2)

33 (2)

10.8

D

38 (4)

35 (3)

34 (3)

10.5

Waist

D + E

118 (4)

109 (5)

98 (14)

16.9

E

118 (3)

112 (3)

106 (5)

10.2

D

117 (2)

112 (2)

109 (2)

6.8

Biochemical data:

LDL-C

D + E

4.5 (0.7)

3.7 (0.4)

2.6 (0.3)

42.2

E

4.5 (0.6)

3.8 (0.4)

2.9 (0.3)

35.5

D

4.5 (0.6)

3.8 (0.3)

3.4 (0.3)

24.4

TG

D + E

2.9 (0.3)

2.6 (0.4)

2.2 (0.5)

24.1

E

2.9 (0.2)

2.8 (0.2)

2.3 (0.1)

20.7

D

2.9 (0.2)

2.7 (0.2)

2.6 (0.2)

10.3

GGT

D + E

56 (7)

48 (3)

29 (7)

48.2

E

57 (7)

51 (6)

39 (1)

31.6

D

57 (7)

50 (6)

44 (3)

22.8

Prevalence of metabolic/psychiatric syndromes:

Hypertension

D + E

3 (2)

2 (2)

1 (1)

66.7

E

3 (2)

2 (1)

2 (0)

33.3

D

3 (2)

2 (1)

2 (1)

33.3

DM

D + E

4 (1)

3 (1)

2 (0)

50

E

4 (1)

3 (0)

2 (1)

50

D

4 (1)

3 (1)

2 (2)

50

Steatosis

D + E

3 (0)

2 (1)

1 (0)

66.7

E

3 (0)

2 (0)

1 (0)

66.7

D

3 (0)

3 (1)

2 (1)

33.3

Psychiatric disorders

D + E

3 (1)

2 (1)

0 (1)

100

E

3 (1)

2 (2)

1 (0)

66.7

D

3 (1)

3 (1)

2 (0)

33.3