Women with endometriosis improved their peripheral antioxidant markers after the application of a high antioxidant diet

Table 2 General characteristics of women with endometriosis in the control and HAD groups.

	Control n = 35	HAD n = 37
Completed the study (%)	35/40 (88)	37/40 (93)
Age (years)	30.8 ± 2.4	31.3 ± 3.4
BMI (Kg/m²)
Basal	24.61 ± 3.02	24.88 ± 2.99
Final	24.14 ± 3.02*	24.49 ± 3.10*
Overweight-Obesity prevalence¹ (%)
Basal	19/35 (54)-1/35 (3)	20/37 (54)-1/37 (3)
Final	15/35 (43)-1/35 (3)	15/37 (40)-1/37 (3)
Fat (%)
Basal	29.40 ± 5.13	29.78 ± 5.64
Final	28.09 ± 5.06*	28.78 ± 5.91*
Obesity prevalence² (%)
Basal	14/35 (40)	15/37 (41)
Final	10/35 (28)	11/37 (30)

Data are means ± SD unless noted. Age, BMI and % Fat were analyzed by Student's paired t-test.
¹ Overweight and obesity values within the range 25.0–29.9 and 30.0–34.9, according to the WHO.
² Considered as obesity women with % fat values above 30%.
*P < 0.05 based on a Student's paired t-test (basal vs. final values).

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