Table 4.
Effect of inulin supplementation on blood pressure, heart rate, BMI, and BFP.
| Groups | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placebo | Inulin | |||||||||||
| (n=19) | (n=19) | |||||||||||
| Baseline | Before | Baseline | Before | |||||||||
| Measurements | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Effect Size | p value | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Effect Size | p value |
| SBP (mmHg) | 130 | 19.41 | 135.42 | 22.55 | 0.28 | <0.001 | 140.21 | 15.66 | 136 | 14.09 | -0.27 | <0.001 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 80.36 | 7.36 | 82.32 | 7.00 | 0.27 | 0.003 | 75.21 | 10.65 | 77.16 | 7.47 | 0.18 | 0.008 |
| MAP | 96.91 | 10.12 | 101.39 | 12.21 | 0.44 | <0.001 | 79.84 | 10.23 | 80.95 | 9.36 | 0.11 | 0.003 |
| HR (bpm) | 75.15 | 7.13 | 80.47 | 10.40 | 0.75 | <0.001 | 96.87 | 11.45 | 96.75 | 8.46 | -0.01 | <0.001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 26.19 | 5.54 | 25.04 | 4.68 | -0.21 | <0.001 | 27.7 | 8.45 | 28.7 | 5.78 | 0.12 | <0.001 |
| BFP (%) | 38.96 | 11.55 | 36.97 | 11.68 | -0.17 | 0.001 | 41.74 | 7.63 | 38.51 | 8.18 | -0.42 | 0.288 |
| LBM (kg) | 38.38 | 4.08 | 38.85 | 4.28 | 0.12 | 0.440 | 40.21 | 11.46 | 42.82 | 4.99 | 0.23 | 0.427 |
| SMM (kg) | 20.88 | 2.4 | 21.81 | 4.56 | 0.39 | 0.411 | 22.65 | 3.31 | 22.49 | 3.51 | -0.05 | 0.723 |
SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; MAP: mean arterial pressure; HR: heart rate; BMI: body mass index; BFP: body fat percentage; LBM: lean body mass; SMM: skeletal muscle mass. Student's t-test: ∗p<0.05.