Research Article

The Evaluation of the Body Weight Lowering Effects of Herbal Extract THI on Exercising Healthy Overweight Humans: A Randomized Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Table 2

Changes over time in clinical examination and laboratory investigations between THI and placebo ingestion groups.

VariablesTHIPlacebo value
( )( )

Weight (kg) 0.036
Body mass index (kg/m2) 0.083
Waist circumference (cm)* 0.156
Hip circumference (cm) 0.304
Waist/hip (%) 0.628
Body composition
 Muscle (kg)* 0.151
 Fat (kg) 0.761
 Fat ratio (%)* 0.957
Blood pressure (mmHg)
 Systolic* 0.368
 Diastolic 0.466
Blood glucose (mg/dL)* 0.062
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 0.478
Triglyceride (mg/dL)* 0.647
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)* 0.124
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)* 0.628
hs-CRP (mg/L)* 0.251
White blood cell count (109/L) 0.328
Hemoglobin (g/dL)* 0.208
Hematocrit (%)* 0.258
Platelet count (109/L) 0.226
Total protein (g/dL)* 0.240
Albumin (g/dL)* 0.483
Total bilirubin (mg/dL)* 0.112
Direct bilirubin (mg/dL)* 0.568
SGOT (IU/L)* 0.971
SGPT (IU/L)* 0.869
GTP (IU/L)* 0.487
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL)* 0.474
Serum creatinine (mg/dL)* 0.223
Uric acid (mg/dL)* 0.621
TSH (mIU/mL)* 0.680
Free T4 (ng/dL)* 0.634

-test; * value using Mann-Whitney -test; .
Values given are number of patients (%) or mean ± SD.
LDL: low-density lipoprotein; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; hs-CRP: highly sensitive C-reactive protein; SGOT: aspartate transaminase; SGPT: alanine transaminase; GTP: -glutamyltranspeptidase; TSH: thyroid stimulating hormone.