(b) Placebo group (n = 26)

	Baseline	After 12 weeks	p value
Fasting glucose, mg/dL	88.12 ± 7.95	89.61 ± 6.24	0.210
Plasma insulin, μU/dL	5.89 ± 2.43	5.85 ± 1.97	0.927
HbA1c, %	5.61 ± 0.49	5.61 ± 0.42	1.000
Triglyceride, mg/dL	81.96 ± 40.95	77.81 ± 45.09	0.449
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	183.31 ± 26.70	187.77 ± 28.20	0.231
LDL cholesterol, mg/dL	115.12 ± 27.23	116.96 ± 30.05	0.588
HDL cholesterol, mg/dL	57.77 ± 11.17	57.77 ± 9.99	1.000

Data are expressed as means ± standard deviations.

p values were calculated with paired t-test for continuous variables.

LDL, low density lipoprotein; HDL, high density lipoprotein.