Table 2.
Systolic and diastolic blood pressure as well as BMI, measured before initiation of the trial (day 0) and after the completion of the trial (day 90). BMI: body mass index; DBP: diastolic blood pressure
| Day 0 | Day 90 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinnamon | Placebo | p value* | Cinnamon | Placebo | p value** | p value # | p value ## | |
| Mean±sd 24-hr SBP (mmHg) | 131±4.44 | 131±4.59 | 0.648 | 130±4.58 | 130 ±5.45 | 0.994 | 0.03 | 0.1 |
| Mean±sd 24-hr DBP (mmHg) | 79.1±6.28 | 79.1±5.67 | 0.985 | 78.4±5.45 | 78.8±5.61 | 0.715 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| Mean±sd day SBP (mmHg) | 133±4.53 | 132±4.38 | 0.444 | 132±4.31 | 132±5.15 | 0.848 | 0.004 | 0.8 |
| Mean±sd night SBP (mmHg) | 107±5.54 | 109±4.34 | 0.140 | 106±5.49 | 108±4.61 | 0.167 | 0.2 | 0.01 |
| Mean±sd day DBP (mmHg) | 80.2±6.09 | 80.5±5.70 | 0.906 | 79.5±5.63 | 80.8±5.84 | 0.480 | 0.09 | 0.4 |
| Mean±sd night DBP (mmHg) | 75.5±6.14 | 76.6±5.87 | 0.577 | 76.6±4.92 | 77.8±5.63 | 0.362 | 0.1 | 0.03 |
| BMI (kg/m2),Mean±sd | 28.4±3.52 | 26.4±3.02 | 0.073 | 28.2±3.34 | 26.0±2.71 | 0.036 | 0.3 | 0.01 |
*Comparison between Cinnamon and placebo groups on day 0, by Mann-Whitney U test.
**Comparison between Cinnamon and placebo groups on day 90, by Mann-Whitney U test.
#Comparison between data of day 0 and 90 in Cinnamon group, by Wilcoxon Signed rank test.
##Comparison between data of day 0 and 90 in placebo group, by Wilcoxon Signed rank test.