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

Table 3.

Glucose metabolism-related data, including fasting glucose, insulin, homeostasis model assessment–insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), HbA1c and glycated albumin at baseline and 8 weeks after placebo or piceatannol supplementation (a: men, b: women). c: change rate of fasting glucose, insulin, HOMA-IR, HbA1c and glycated albumin for 8 weeks of placebo or piceatannol supplementation.

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
Glucose (mg/dL) 93.2 ± 5.6 94.0 ± 8.6 0.7174 88.4 ± 7.1 87.0 ± 6.0 0.6437 94.2 ± 5.2 97.8 ± 5.0 0.1561 91.0 ± 14.2 90.8 ± 8.8 0.9515
Insulin (μU/mL) 5.2 ± 3.3 4.7 ± 2.1 0.5821 3.6 ± 1.8 3.9 ± 1.0 0.7931 6.1 ± 1.0 7.7 ± 2.9 0.1918 8.3 ± 1.9 6.7 ± 1.4 0.0244
HOMA-IR 1.2 ± 0.8 1.1 ± 0.6 0.6250 0.8 ± 0.4 0.8 ± 0.2 1.0000 1.4 ± 0.2 1.9 ± 0.8 0.1250 1.9 ± 0.8 1.5 ± 0.5 0.0625
HbA1c (%) 5.6 ± 0.2 5.5 ± 0.2 0.1250 5.2 ± 0.2 5.2 ± 0.2 0.7500 5.5 ± 0.1 5.4 ± 0.1 0.2500 5.4 ± 0.3 5.5 ± 0.2 0.6250
Glycated albumin (%) 14.2 ± 0.9 14.1 ± 0.9 0.7753 13.7 ± 1.1 13.5 ± 1.0 0.4113 12.9 ± 0.5 12.6 ± 0.7 0.1404 13.3 ± 1.9 13.1 ± 2.0 0.2560
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
Glucose (mg/dL) 90.0 ± 6.1 88.6 ± 6.2 0.3111 81.6 ± 7.2 82.8 ± 4.3 0.7624 96.0 ± 14.2 95.0 ± 12.5 0.4740 88.4 ± 7.7 90.2 ± 6.2 0.4211
Insulin (μU/mL) 5.1 ± 1.7 5.6 ± 1.2 0.5578 5.5 ± 3.1 5.7 ± 1.9 0.9017 7.5 ± 3.1 7.2 ± 3.0 0.8859 6.6 ± 2.2 7.4 ± 1.1 0.2789
HOMA-IR 1.1 ± 0.3 1.2 ± 0.3 1.0000 1.1 ± 0.5 1.2 ± 0.4 0.8750 1.9 ± 1.0 1.7 ± 0.8 0.8750 1.5 ± 0.5 1.7 ± 0.2 0.2500
HbA1c (%) 5.4 ± 0.3 5.6 ± 0.3 0.1250 5.2 ± 0.6 5.1 ± 0.6 0.5000 5.7 ± 0.4 5.7 ± 0.3 1.0000 5.7 ± 0.3 5.7 ± 0.3 0.7500
Glycated albumin (%) 14.2 ± 1.2 14.2 ± 1.5 0.8083 14.4 ± 1.6 13.9 ± 1.4 0.0118 13.5 ± 1.2 13.5 ± 1.0 0.6714 13.3 ± 0.4 13.3 ± 0.4 0.9062
c Men
Non-overweight Overweight
Placebo (n = 5) Piceatannol (n = 5) p Placebo (n = 5) Piceatannol (n = 5) p
Glucose (%) 0.8 ± 4.8 −1.3 ± 7.2 0.6761 3.9 ± 4.9 0.5 ± 6.9 0.5309
Insulin (%) 5.7 ± 43.5 33.8 ± 77.6 0.6761 23.7 ± 31.8 −18.8 ± 11.2 0.0216
HOMA-IR (%) 5.4 ± 47.6 26.7 ± 67.3 0.9166 31.4 ± 39.7 −17.2 ± 11.5 0.0160
HbA1c (%) −1.8 ± 1.2 1.3 ± 4.4 0.2031 −1.1 ± 1.0 1.2 ± 3.0 0.2017
Glycated albumin (%) −0.4 ± 3.2 −1.6 ± 4.2 0.5309 −2.5 ± 3.2 −1.3 ± 2.3 0.4020