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. 2017 Oct 18;9(10):1142. doi: 10.3390/nu9101142

Table 2.

Body weight, body mass index, and body composition including % fat, muscle weight and visceral fat area, blood pressure and heart rate at baseline and after 8 weeks of placebo or piceatannol supplementation (a: men, b: women).

a Men
Non-overweight Overweight
Placebo (n = 5) Piceatannol (n = 5) Placebo (n = 5) Piceatannol (n = 5)
0 Week 8 Weeks p 0 Week 8 Weeks p 0 week 8 Weeks p 0 Week 8 Weeks p
BW (kg) 66.3 ± 3.4 65.8 ± 4.1 0.4399 64.3 ± 4.5 64.8 ± 4.8 0.1872 79.1 ± 6.1 78.6 ± 5.9 0.3153 75.4 ± 4.3 73.9 ± 6.2 0.1724
BMI (kg/m2) 22.2 ± 2.1 22.0 ± 2.3 0.3380 21.8 ± 1.6 22.0 ± 1.5 0.2262 28.0 ± 0.9 27.8 ± 0.7 0.3472 26.9 ± 1.1 26.3 ± 1.6 0.1641
Fat (%) 18.6 ± 4.2 18.9 ± 4.5 0.4237 17.3 ± 2.6 17.6 ± 1.8 0.4691 28.8 ± 1.5 28.5 ± 1.7 0.5231 26.7 ± 3.7 26.7 ± 3.4 0.8915
Muscle (kg) 30.3 ± 2.5 29.9 ± 2.6 0.1250 29.8 ± 1.5 29.9 ± 1.7 0.8750 31.8 ± 3.2 31.7 ± 2.8 0.625 31.3 ± 3.1 30.8 ± 3.5 0.1875
VFA (cm2) 48.4 ± 12.9 49.2 ± 15.7 0.8125 44.1 ± 13.7 45.8 ± 12.6 0.0625 92.6 ± 7.1 91.9 ± 9.2 0.8125 81.3 ± 15.6 78.5 ± 16.7 0.3125
Systolic BP (mmHg) 124.2 ± 11.3 121.2 ± 4.8 0.4705 119.8 ± 14.5 110.8 ± 9.6 0.2499 120.6 ± 8.7 119.2 ± 16.2 0.8029 131.4 ± 8.9 120.8 ± 14.4 0.0279
Diastolic BP (mmHg) 80.4 ± 12.1 71.4 ± 9.8 0.0432 68.8 ± 9.3 64.6 ± 12.4 0.1960 77.0 ± 12.2 71.0 ± 15.8 0.1278 85.6 ± 6.5 77.0 ± 11.9 0.0304
Heart rate (/min) 61.6 ± 12.1 66.0 ± 11.3 0.1302 62.0 ± 11.0 58.0 ± 11.5 0.2179 58.0 ± 8.2 55.2 ± 7.7 0.3182 67.6 ± 5.3 59.0 ± 7.9 0.0360
b Women
Non-overweight Overweight
Placebo (n = 5) Piceatannol (n = 5) Placebo (n = 4) Piceatannol (n = 5)
0 Week 8 Weeks p 0 Week 8 Weeks p 0 Week 8 Weeks p 0 Week 8 Weeks p
BW (kg) 48.5 ± 4.9 48.7 ± 5.4 0.7267 50.4 ± 3.2 49.9 ± 3.3 0.1979 63.6 ± 9.3 63.1 ± 8.7 0.6288 70.2 ± 7.0 70.2 ± 6.4 0.8806
BMI (kg/m2) 20.5 ± 1.6 20.6 ± 1.7 0.7717 19.2 ± 1.5 18.9 ± 1.4 0.1698 26.5 ± 2.7 26.3 ± 2.5 0.6430 28.0 ± 3.0 28.0 ± 2.8 0.6974
Fat (%) 27.0 ± 5.7 27.0 ± 5.3 1.0000 22.7 ± 4.4 21.3 ± 3.5 0.0791 37.9 ± 2.5 37.2 ± 3.0 0.1008 41.2 ± 2.6 41.4 ± 3.2 0.7438
Muscle (kg) 18.9 ± 1.9 18.9 ± 1.7 0.6875 21.0 ± 1.2 21.2 ± 1.3 0.7500 21.4 ± 3.6 21.4 ± 3.4 0.7500 22.3 ± 2.4 22.2 ± 2.3 0.6875
VFA (cm2) 57.2 ± 21.5 57.0 ± 22.7 1.0000 48.3 ± 11.3 45.0 ± 10.6 0.0625 118.7 ± 22.5 114.1 ± 24.7 0.3750 149.2 ± 25.8 149.2 ± 28.7 1.0000
Systolic BP (mmHg) 112.4 ± 10.7 113.2 ± 9.2 0.9156 112.4 ± 3.6 113.2 ± 8.3 0.8648 121.0 ± 19.5 116.8 ± 14.8 0.4787 117.2 ± 22.7 113.0 ± 14.9 0.6587
Diastolic BP (mmHg) 70.4 ± 9.8 70.6 ± 4.6 0.9686 72.8 ± 6.4 69.8 ± 8.0 0.4734 75.0 ± 13.0 72.8 ± 14.6 0.3910 66.6 ± 9.0 68.0 ± 6.7 0.5940
Heart rate (/min) 71.4 ± 13.4 69.4 ± 7.8 0.6046 73.6 ± 11.8 63.6 ± 3.8 0.1925 66.5 ± 4.4 67.0 ± 7.0 0.8273 58.0 ± 10.0 59.8 ± 9.0 0.3456