MCT-modified ketogenic diet as an adjunct to standard treatment regimen could alleviate clinical symptoms in women with endometriosis

Table 2 Anthropometric parameters of the study subjects at baseline and after the 12-weeks of intervention

parameter	Time	Groups		Mean difference	95% CI		P^*
parameter	Time	MCT-Modified KD (n = 19)	Control (n = 25)	Mean difference	Lower	Upper	P^*
weight	Before	60.3 ± 8.4	61.4 ± 6.3	1.05	−3.65	5.76	0.65^a
	After	60.2 ± 8.4	61.4 ± 6.1	0.21	−0.45	0.87	0.52^b
	Change	−0.11 ± 0.78	0.08 ± 1.2	0.18	−0.43	0.81	0.55^a
	P-within^**	0.54	0.76
BMI	Before	22.6 ± 1.8	22.9 ± 1.2	0.34	−0.64	1.34	0.48^a
	After	22.6 ± 1.9	22.9 ± 1.3	−0.005	−0.28	0.27	0.97^b
	Change	0.02 ± 0.4	0.02 ± 0.49	0	−0.26	0.27	0.97^a
	P-within^**	0.86	0.84
WC	Before	79.2 ± 3.6	81.2 ± 5.02	1.9	−0.63	4.61	0.13^a
	After	79.1 ± 3.4	81.2 ± 4.6	0.23	−0.29	0.76	0.38^b
	Change	−0.05 ± 0.5	0.01 ± 1.1	0.06	−0.46	0.58	0.81^a
	P-within^**	0.69	0.97

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation
BMI Body mass index, WC waist circumference, KD ketogenic diet
^*based on ^aindependent sample t test, and ^bgeneral linear model adjusted for baseline values
^**based on paired sample T test

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