Table 2.

Effects of placebo or supplementation with 250 mg water extract of cinnamon twice per day for two months in hyperglycemic adults.^a,b,c

	Placebo			Cinnamon (肉桂 ròu guì)
	n	Baseline	Final	n	Baseline	Final
BMId	70	25.8 ± 0.3	25.6 ± 0.3	63	24.8 ± 0.4	24.6 ± 0.4
Fasting glucose, mmol/L	73	8.57 ± 0.32	8.44 ± 0.34	64	8.85 ± 0.36	8.19 ± 0.29**
2-hr glucose, mmol/L	73	14.18 ± 0.60	13.74 ± 0.58	64	15.09 ± 0.57	13.30 ± 0.55***
Fasting insulin, mU/L	72	21.64 ± 1.66	23.65 ± 3.02	63	24.25 ± 2.01	22.26 ± 2.08*
2-hr insulin, mU/L	73	86.43 ± 5.19	82.58 ± 4.84	59	93.13 ± 5.78	83.17 ± 4.53
HOMA-IR	72	8.51 ± 0.80	9.12 ± 1.32	63	9.67 ± 0.90	8.32 ± 0.84**
Fructosamine, μmol/L	57	348 ± 9	338 ± 8	51	336 ± 8	319 ± 7*
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	72	122.7 ± 1.5	126.2 ± 1.8¤	63	128.3 ± 1.9	131.1 ± 1.9
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg	72	75.9 ± 0.9	77.4 ± 1.0	63	78.2 ± 1.1	77.2 ± 1.1
Total cholesterol, mmol/L	57	5.12 ± 0.12	5.05 ± 0.14	53	5.20 ± 0.14	4.96 ± 0.16*
LDL cholesterol, mmol/L	57	3.45 ± 0.09	3.35 ± 0.11	53	3.48 ± 0.14	3.25 ± 0.14**
HDL cholesterol, mmol/L	57	1.28 ± 0.04	1.21 ± 0.04¤¤	53	1.26 ± 0.04	1.17 ± 0.04**
Triacylglycerols, mmol/L	57	2.05 ± 0.17	2.48 ± 0.19¤¤¤	53	2.20 ± 0.21	2.58 ± 0.28*

^aMean ± SEM.

^bPlacebo group – significantly different from baseline ¤p < 0.05; ¤¤p < 0.005; ¤¤¤p < 0.0001.

^cCinnamon group – significantly different from baseline *p < 0.05;**p < 0.005;***p < 0.0001.

^dBMI = Body Mass Index.