Table 2.

Para clinical characteristics of the two groups at the beginning of the study (mean ± SD)

Groups
	J . regia	Placebo	p-value
FBS (mg/dl)	165 ± 52	168 ± 65	0.82
HbA1c (%)	8.5 ± 1.6	8.3 ± 1.7	0.588
Insulin (ng/ml)	0.9 ± 0.7	0.7 ± 0.4	0.274
SGOT (U/L)	11.7 ± 5.3	12.5 ± 4.2	0.910
SGPT (U/L)	8.7 ± 3.7	9.5 ± 3.1	0.665
ALP (IU/L)	159 ± 34	151 ± 59	0.502