Table 5.
The effect of the herbal candy and placebo on eating capacity in breakfast, lunch and dinner meals
| Meal | Baseline a | Changes 30 min after herbal candy or placebo b | Changes 1 hour after meal c | Changes 2 hours after meal d | Time effect * | Group effect | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| p-value | p-value | ||||||
| Breakfast | Herbal candy | 56.3±18.1 | -4.6±11.5 | -22.3±25.4 | -23.6±25.5 | <0.001 | 0.001 |
| Placebo | 58.7±17.8 | -1.6±7.9 | -11.5±13.6 | -8.2±17.2 | |||
| p-value# | - | 0.10 | 0.01 | <0.001 | |||
| Lunch | Herbal candy | 59.6±17 | -6.4±8.4 | -31.6±19.9 | -31±20.3 | 0.02 | 0.001 |
| Placebo | 63.9±16.6 | -1.4±10.4 | -17.4±18.2 | -14.9±21.8 | |||
| p-value# | - | 0.01 | 0.001 | <0.001 | |||
| Dinner | Herbal candy | 55.7±16.4 | -5.9±8.8 | -25.7±26 | -27±23.3 | 0.04 | 0.002 |
| Placebo | 61.7±14.5 | -2.8±7.5 | -15.2±17.4 | -15±18.1 | |||
| p-value# | - | 0.02 | 0.006 | 0.002 | |||
*significant difference between a and b, a and c, a and d, b and c, and b and d; # the rate of reduction of eating capacity in the herbal candy group compared to the placebo after adjustment for the pre-consumption values as a confounding factor