Table 4.

Effects of tannase-treated green tea extract on body muscle mass.

			Control Group (n = 34)				Treatment Group (n = 33)				Value
			Baseline	12 Weeks	Diff	p-Value	Baseline	12 weeks	Diff	p-Value
Body muscle mass (g)	Arm	Left	1863.0 ± 462.2	1783.3 ± 453.6	−79.7 ± 148.0	0.004	1888.6 ± 487.5	1798.1 ± 453.8	−90.4 ± 357.7	0.156	0.874
		Right	1975.0 ± 432.4	1891.9 ± 464.2	−83.0 ± 175.7	0.009	1998.8 ± 441.8	1929.5 ± 453.1	−69.2 ± 378.4	0.301	0.850
	Trunk		18,159.7 ± 2972.4	18,961.9 ± 3381.5	802.3 ± 1228.3	0.001	18,486.8 ± 3766.2	19,845.1 ± 3143.4	1358.3 ± 2801.1	0.009	0.301
	Leg	Left	5304.7 ± 1077.6	5312.3 ± 1111.6	7.6 ± 227.2	0.847	5205.1 ± 1290.1	5406.6 ± 974.0	201.4 ± 916.6	0.216	0.246
		Right	5431.3 ± 1100.5	5396.1 ± 1119.0	−35.2 ± 277.6	0.465	5283.2 ± 1191.9	5421.1 ± 920.2	137.9 ± 899.3	0.385	0.297
	Total		35,660.1 ± 6099.3	36,052.9 ± 6350.5	392.8 ± 1188.2	0.063	35,789.5 ± 7243.6	37,147.5 ± 5707.7	1358.0 ± 5272.2	0.149	0.312

Values are presented as the mean ± standard deviation. p-Values were determined by an independent t-test or chi-square test.