Prebiotic Effect of Lycopene and Dark Chocolate on Gut Microbiome with Systemic Changes in Liver Metabolism, Skeletal Muscles and Skin in Moderately Obese Persons

Table 1

Baseline values.

BASELINE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ENROLLED VOLUNTEERS; (Mean +/- SD)
	Groups
	I	II	III	IV	V
Number of Patients	6	6	6	6	6
Males	3	2	4	3	3
Females	3	4	2	3	3
Age	61.8±5.9	56.2±5.9	56.1±5.8	52.1±5.1	63.2±6.1
Light/Moderate Smokers	1	1	1	1	1
Body Mass Index in kg/m^2	32.1±2.4	32.7±3.3	33.8±3.5	31.1±3.2	31.8±2.9
Fasting Glucose mmol/dL	6.1±0.42	6.0±0.45	5.7±0.49	5.4±0.43	5.5±0.56
Total Cholesterol mg/dL	185 ± 14.3	181 ± 15.2	175 ± 14.7	187 ± 16.2	180 ± 13.9
Triglycerides mg/dl	135±14.9	136±13.8	136±13.8	127±13.1	122±13.5
LDL mg/dL	144±11.8	143±12.7	121±12.2	137±13.6	131±12.1
HDL mg/dL	41.9±3.2	46.5±4.4	51.2±4.7	49.8±4.4	44.0±4.4
Pulse rate per min	66.7±4.2	67.7±3.5	65.2±3.4	70.5±3.9	66.6±5.1
Blood Pressure
Systolic	112±5.5	123±7.4	117±6.9	124±8.5	118±6.7
Diastolic	77.6±4.4	78.7±5.0	77.6±4.4	76.7±4.6	79±5.6