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. 2011 Aug 18;51(5):549–556. doi: 10.1007/s00394-011-0238-8

Table 4.

Overall potential of plasma clotting kinetic parameters (mean ± SD) of the control group and patients with metabolic syndrome at baseline and after 1 and 2 months of A. melanocarpa extract therapy

Parameter Patients with metabolic syndrome Control group
Baseline 1 month 2 months
TGt (s) 140.7 ± 38.4 143.3 ± 48.89 183.2 ± 55.0++ 151.0 ± 47.7
F max (%T) 70.8 ± 9.9 63.5 ± 14.28++ 66.4 ± 14.1 63.2 ± 14.5
Tf (s) 59.5 ± 18.0** 68.9 ± 44.42 68.7 ± 17.9 75.9 ± 26.4
Fvo (%T/min) 135.4 ± 48.5 121.9 ± 47.62 112.9 ± 32.8 113.6 ± 60.6
C AUC (%T × min) 1,182.4 ± 168.9* 1,066.8 ± 246.14++ 1,071.4 ± 233.5++ 1,006.5 ± 290.4

TGt thrombin generation time, F max maximum clotting, Tf plasma clotting time, Fvo initial plasma clotting velocity, C AUC overall potential for clotting

p = 0.05; ** p < 0.05 versus control group; ++ p < 0.05 versus baseline