Inulin Supplementation Reduces Systolic Blood Pressure in Women with Breast Cancer Undergoing Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

Table 4

Effect of inulin supplementation on blood pressure, heart rate, BMI, and BFP.

	Groups
	Placebo						Inulin
	(n=19)						(n=19)
	Baseline		Before				Baseline		Before
Measurements	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Effect Size	p value	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Effect Size	p value
SBP (mmHg)	130	19.41	135.42	22.55	0.28	<0.001	140.21	15.66	136	14.09	-0.27	<0.001
DBP (mmHg)	80.36	7.36	82.32	7.00	0.27	0.003	75.21	10.65	77.16	7.47	0.18	0.008
MAP	96.91	10.12	101.39	12.21	0.44	<0.001	79.84	10.23	80.95	9.36	0.11	0.003
HR (bpm)	75.15	7.13	80.47	10.40	0.75	<0.001	96.87	11.45	96.75	8.46	-0.01	<0.001
BMI (kg/m^2)	26.19	5.54	25.04	4.68	-0.21	<0.001	27.7	8.45	28.7	5.78	0.12	<0.001
BFP (%)	38.96	11.55	36.97	11.68	-0.17	0.001	41.74	7.63	38.51	8.18	-0.42	0.288
LBM (kg)	38.38	4.08	38.85	4.28	0.12	0.440	40.21	11.46	42.82	4.99	0.23	0.427
SMM (kg)	20.88	2.4	21.81	4.56	0.39	0.411	22.65	3.31	22.49	3.51	-0.05	0.723

SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; MAP: mean arterial pressure; HR: heart rate; BMI: body mass index; BFP: body fat percentage; LBM: lean body mass; SMM: skeletal muscle mass. Student’s t-test: p<0.05.