Table 3.
Biochemical parameters measured before initiation of the trial (day 0) and after the completion of the trial (day 90). FBS: fasting blood sugar; HDL-c: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-c: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; and TG: triglyceride
| Day 0 | Day 90 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinnamon | Placebo | p value* | Cinnamon | Placebo | p value** | p value # | p value ## | |
| LDL-c (mg/dl), mean±sd | 100±32.83 | 95.4±21.49 | 0.619 | 80.8±6.70 | 93.9±5.25 | 0.137 | 0.001 | 0.96 |
| HDL-c (mg/dl), mean±sd | 42.3±9.67 | 50.9±13.4 | 0.032 | 47.0±1.90 | 49.8±2.26 | 0.352 | 0.002 | 0.5 |
| TG (mg/dl), mean±sd | 123±55.20 | 106±54.6 | 0.261 | 122±55.9 | 107±55.0 | 0.354 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
| Cholesterol (mg/dl), mean±sd | 162±34.72 | 168±29.6 | 0.511 | 152±30.6 | 164±24.4 | 0.097 | 0.001 | 0.6 |
| FBS (mg/dl), mean±sd | 94.3±7.05 | 93.4±5.59 | 0.964 | 93.7±5.42 | 92.6±5.28 | 0.593 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
*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.