Table 3.

Effect of cumin intake on glycemic indices and some of inflammatory factor.

Variable	Complementary group 100 mg/day (Mean ± SD)			Complementary group 50 mg/day (Mean ± SD)			Placebo group (Mean ± SD)			P-valuea
	Before	After	Changes	Before	After	Changes	Before	After	Changes
FBS (mg/dl)	170.33 ± 29.19	114.43 ± 21.86	−55.9 ± 7.9	169.86 ± 28.03	163.63 ± 23.01	−6.23 ± 9.4	159.56 ± 31.19	165.26 ± 32.42	−5.7 ± 14.9	0.002
HgA1c (%)	7.09 ± 0.79	5.31 ± 0.70	−1.78 ± 0.21	7.27 ± 1.18	7.27 ± 1.15	0.00 ± 0.56	6.72 ± 1.32	6.73 ± 1.35	−0.35 ± 2.6	0.024
Serum insulin (μIU/ml)	15.17 ± 1.78	10.45 ± 1.05	−4.72 ± 0.78	14.65 ± 2.00	13.88 ± 1.61	−0.77 ± 0.96	12.61 ± 2.52	13.14 ± 2.38	0.53 ± 1.5	0.015
HOMA-IR	0.003 ± 0.001	0.0029 ± 0.0005	0.003 ± 0.001	0.006 ± 0.001	0.005 ± 0.001	0.0005 ± 0.00072	0.005 ± 0.001	0.005 ± 0.001	−0.0003 ± 0.0004	0.008
HOMA-B	29.5 ± 7.1	30.6 ± 7.4	−1.08 ± 6.9	28.2 ± 5.8	27.5 ± 5.2	0.6 ± 5.4	26.0 ± 8.4	26.2 ± 8.	−0.21 ± 3.7	0.103
QUICKI	3.57 ± 0.08	3.03 ± 0.09	0.03 ± 0.08	3.08 ± 0.07	3.08 ± 0.06	−0.01 ± 0.05	3.1 ± 0.1	3.1 ± 0.1	0.005 ± 0.07	0.061
hsCRP (pg/ml)	4.77 ± 0.52	3.39 ± 0.58	−1.38 ± 1.2	4.31 ± 0.54	4.15 ± 0.54	−0.16 ± 0.89	4.46 ± 0.51	4.42 ± 0.71	−0.04 ± 1.3	0.007
TNF-α (ng/ml)	12.86 ± 0.45	11.08 ± 0.52	−1.78 ± 0.97	12.44 ± 0.63	12.30 ± 0.64	−0.14 ± 1.9	12.08 ± 0.63	12.04 ± 0.68	−0.04 ± 0.49	0.008
Adiponectin (μg/l)	102.08 ± 59	159.19 ± 71	57.11 ± 29	106.21 ± 71	122.88 ± 41	16.67 ± 85	103.19 ± 85	105.01 ± 23	1.82 ± 13	0.010

All values are means ± SD.

^aObtained from ANOVA test.