CI‡, Confidence interval; FPG; Fasting plasma glucose; HOMA-IR; Homeostatic Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance, QUICK; quantitative insulin sensitivity check index, hs-CRP; high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; LPS; Lipopolysaccharide.1 Data are presented as mean (SD). a P<0.05, paired student t test for comparison of data within groups. bP<0.05, analysis of covariance for comparison of data between groups after adjusting for sex, weight, energy intake changes and baseline values.