Borassus aethiopum-Fortified Bread Reduces Metabolic Risk Factors among Cardiovascular Disease Outpatients at 37 Military Hospital, Accra: A Pilot Study

Table 3

Comparison of anthropometric characteristics of participants by groups.

Anthropometric parameter	Group
	Control ()		value	Experimental ()		value
	Before	After		Before	After
WC (cm)			0.425			0.030
BMI (kg/m^2)			0.212			0.027
Visceral fat			0.325			0.013
Metabolic age (years)			0.820			0.010
Anthropometric parameter	Before intervention		value	After intervention		value
	Control	Experimental		Control	Experimental
WC (cm)			0.412			0.785
BMI (kg/m^2)			0.275			0.920
Visceral fat			0.405			0.896
Metabolic age (years)			0.375			0.883

Paired -test was performed. Data are presented as (standard deviation). Bold values are significant at .