Table 8.
Normalised mean fold change in serum cardio-metabolic markers by week 4 (NΔ0–4), and week 8 (NΔ0–8).
| NΔ0–4 | NΔ0–8 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | PL | dGTE | dGTE+ | PL | dGTE | dGTE+ |
| Glucose (mmol·L−1) | +0.00 ± 0.02 | −0.04 ± 0.03 | +0.00 ± 0.02 | +0.01 ± 0.02 | −0.04 ± 0.02 | −0.02 ± 0.02 |
| Insulin (pmol·L−1) | +0.28 ± 0.24 | +0.03 ± 0.08 | +0.22 ± 0.12 | +0.45 ± 0.34 | −0.04 ± 0.12 | +0.06 ± 0.10 |
| %B | +0.08 ± 0.09 | +0.12 ± 0.08 | +0.18 ± 0.08 | +0.13 ± 0.12 | +0.05 ± 0.07 | +0.11 ± 0.07 |
| %S | +0.01 ± 0.15 | +0.03 ± 0.08 | −0.16 ± 0.06 | −0.07 ± 0.13 | +0.16 ± 0.15 | −0.05 ± 0.07 |
| HOMA-IR | +0.17 ± 0.16 | +0.02 ± 0.08 | +0.26 ± 0.10 | +0.29 ± 0.21 | −0.02 ± 0.12 | +0.09 ± 0.08 |
| Leptin (ng·mL−1) | +0.13 ± 0.20 | −0.02 ± 0.07 | +0.00 ± 0.09 | +0.26 ± 0.13 | +0.02 ± 0.08 | +0.02 ± 0.11 |
| Adiponectin (µg·mL−1) | −0.02 ± 0.01 | −0.03 ± 0.05 | +0.05 ± 0.04 | +0.01 ± 0.05 | +0.02 ± 0.04 | −0.02 ± 0.04 |
| Glycerol (µmol·L−1) | +0.15 ± 0.15 | +0.33 ± 0.16 | +0.20 ± 0.24 | +0.11 ± 0.09 | +0.11 ± 0.14 | +0.22 ± 0.23 |
| FFA (µmol·L−1) | +0.00 ± 0.12 | +0.27 ± 0.08 | +0.21 ± 0.18 | +0.08 ± 0.18 | +0.22 ± 0.20 | +0.17 ± 0.22 |
| CholTOT (mmol·L−1) | +0.00 ± 0.02 | +0.04 ± 0.03 | +0.00 ± 0.03 | +0.03 ± 0.03 | +0.07 ± 0.03 | −0.01 ± 0.02 |
| TG (mmol·L−1) | +0.03 ± 0.11 | +0.05 ± 0.11 | −0.15 ± 0.11 | +0.19 ± 0.16 | +0.02 ± 0.09 | −0.03 ± 0.06 |
| HDL-c (mmol·L−1) | −0.01 ± 0.04 | +0.02 ± 0.03 | +0.04 ± 0.04 | −0.03 ± 0.04 | +0.04 ± 0.03 | +0.01 ± 0.04 |
| LDL-c (mmol·L−1) | +0.03 ± 0.04 | +0.05 ± 0.03 | −0.07 ± 0.06 | +0.05 ± 0.06 | +0.10 ± 0.04 | −0.09 ± 0.06 * |
PL = placebo; dGTE = decaffeinated green tea extract; dGTE+ = decaffeinated green tea extract with antioxidants. * denotes significantly different to dGTE (p = 0.038).