Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of asymptomatic subjects included in clinical trial.

	Placebo group	Royal jelly group	p value
Gender (% F, M)	63% F, 37% M	60% F, 40% M	0.964
Age (years)	41.1±7.4	41.1±11.8	0.998
Body fat (%)	28.0±5.6	28.8±9.2	0.773
BMI (kg/m2)	27.7±3.7	26.2±1.7	0.415
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	5.60±1.11	5.65±1.74	0.932
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)	5.66±0.42	5.53±0.78	0.615

Abbreviation. BMI: body mass index; F: female; M: male.

Values are expressed as means ± SD. p-value denotes difference between groups using an independent samples t-test.