Table 4.
Changes in diastolic blood pressure at 6 weeks of intervention by categories of diastolic blood pressure at V0 (cut off for the median value) and by gender.
| Intervention | Change Intertreatments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | ABG | Placebo | ABG vs. Placebo | |||
| Baseline | Change | Baseline | Change | Mean (95% CI) | p-Value | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 80 ± 9.4 | −3.17 (−6.4; 0.03) |
76 ± 9.9 | 2.71 (−0.59; 6.0) |
−5.85 (−10.5; −1.3) |
0.013 |
| Women | 71 ± 9.9 | −0.579 (−2.5; 1.4) |
72 ± 9.4 | 0.936 (−0.98; 2.8) |
−0.151 (−4.2; 1.2) |
0.271 |
| Categories in DBP at V0 | ||||||
| DBP ≤ 75 mm Hg | 69 ± 6.7 | 0.061 (−2.1; 2.2) |
69 ± 6.3 | 2.86 (0.70; 5.0) |
−2.80 (−5.8; 0.23) |
0.070 |
| DBP > 75 mm Hg | 83 ± 8.8 | −4.42 (−6.2; −0.99) |
80 ± 9.6 | 0.400 (−3.0; 3.8) |
−4.82 (−9.7; −0.02) |
0.049 |
ABG, aged back garlic; change, change from baseline; DBP, diastolic blood pressure. Data are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation or the mean (95% Confidence Interval, CI). V0, first visitation. ANCOVA model adjusted by sex, age, sequence of treatments administration, and baseline values.