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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Effect of oral cinnamon intervention on metabolic profile and body composition of Asian Indians with metabolic syndrome: a randomized double -blind control trial

Variables

Cinnamon group

Placebo group

P- value

(n = 58)

(n = 58)

Age (y)

44.3 ± 7.2

45.1 ± 8.4

0.546

Gender

  

0.709

Males

31 (53.4)

33 (56.9)

Females

27 (46.5)

25 (43.1)

Height (cm)

164.0 ± 8.5

163.3 ± 9.3

0.680

Weight (kg)

89.1 ± 14.1

82.1 ± 14.1

0.009 *

BMI (kg/m2)

33.6 ± 5.4

31.2 ± 4.4

0.010*

WC (cm)

106.6 ± 9.2

103.9 ± 9.3

0.118

WHR

0.94 ± 0.07

0.96 ± 0.08

0.293

Body fat (%)

37.9 ± 9.5

36.2 ± 8.4

0.295

SBP (mmHg)

135.8 ± 8.3

135.9 ± 8.6

0.939

DBP (mmHg)

88.0 ± 6.1

88.1 ± 6.1

0.938

Adequate physical activitya

13 (22.4)

21 (36.2)

0.103

Chronic smokera

8(13.8)

14(24.1)

0.155

Alcohol consumptiona

24(41.4)

22(37.9)

0.704

  1. BMI body mass index, DBP diastolic blood pressure, SBP systolic blood pressure, WC waist circumference, WHR waist hip ratio
  2. *p value <0.05, statistically significant, aSee Methods for definitions
  3. Values were presented as n (%) and mean ± SD