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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of study participants

From: Effect of a herbal extract powder (YY-312) from Imperata cylindrica Beauvois, Citrus unshiu Markovich, and Evodia officinalis Dode on body fat mass in overweight adults: a 12-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group clinical trial

 

YY-312 group

(n = 30)

Placebo group

(n = 30)

P-value*

Sex

  

0.573

 Male

10 (33.3%)

8 (26.7%)

 

 Female

20 (66.7%)

22 (73.3%)

 

Age (years)

39.5 ± 11.2

41.7 ± 11.1

0.441

Height (cm)

165.9 ± 9.8

162.9 ± 9.9

0.234

Weight (kg)

75.0 ± 11.0

72.6 ± 10.8

0.400

BMI (kg/m2)

27.1 ± 1.5

27.2 ± 1.2

0.692

WC (cm)

88.3 ± 6.5

89.0 ± 7.1

0.705

Body fat (%)

32.2 ± 5.5

32.9 ± 4.6

0.562

BFM (kg)

22.6 ± 3.8

22.6 ± 3.6

0.961

LBM (kg)

48.6 ± 10.0

46.5 ± 8.8

0.392

T-Chol (mg/dL)

202.4 ± 40.2

206.8 ± 44.1

0.689

TG (mg/dL)

111.0 ± 58.6

126.4 ± 107.5

0.493

HDL-C (mg/dL)

53.1 ± 10.1

57.2 ± 10.5

0.128

LDL-C (mg/dL)

128.4 ± 31.5

126.8 ± 34.1

0.848

FPG (mg/dL)

91.5 ± 10.3

91.1 ± 7.7

0.843

AST (IU/L)

21.4 ± 5.5

22.2 ± 5.4

0.572

ALT (IU/L)

19.4 ± 6.9

22.1 ± 9.7

0.223

BUN (mg/dL)

11.8 ± 2.7

13.6 ± 4.1

0.051

Creatinine (mg/dL)

0.7 ± 0.2

0.7 ± 0.1

0.663

SBP (mmHg)

122.7 ± 12.4

119.9 ± 16.5

0.455

DBP (mmHg)

77.4 ± 9.5

75.5 ± 9.2

0.435

Energy intake (Kcal/day)

1511.6 ± 485.9

1464.8 ± 289.5

0.654

  1. Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation or number (%)
  2. BMI Body mass index, WC Waist circumference, BFM Body fat mass, LBM Lean body mass, T-Chol Total cholesterol, TG Triglyceride, HDL-C High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, FPG Fasting plasma glucose, AST Aspartate aminotransferase, ALT Alanine aminotransferase, BUN Blood urea nitrogen, SBP Systolic blood pressure, DBP Diastolic blood pressure
  3. *P-value by Chi-square test or independent samples t-test