Baseline characteristics
The average baseline BMI ± SD (standard deviation) of all 252 individuals participating in phase I was 25.8±5.4 kg/mAnalysis of variance for the rs17782313 polymorphism for phase i and the entire trial*mThose individuals completing the entire 8 weeks of the trial (‘completers’) numbered 212 and were on average 41.7 years of age. Baseline BMI and body weight almost did not differ from those finishing at least phase I. While it could be again observed that TC carriers had the highest baseline weight and CC carriers the lowest, there was no statistical significance (see Tables 