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 1

General characteristics of study subjects.

Variables	THI	Placebo	𝑃 value
	(𝑛=30)	(𝑛=23)
Sex
Male	3 (10)	5 (21.7)	0.272
Female	27 (90)	18 (78.3)
Age (years)	42.90±12.67	41.83±14.82	0.778
Height (cm)*	159.22±7.91	160.03±9.46	0.654
Weight (kg)	71.84±10.57	67.89±7.85	0.139
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	28.35±3.95	26.51±2.21	0.050
Waist circumference (cm)	84.02±8.66	82.96±6.61	0.628
Hip circumference (cm)*	102.79±7.09	99.40±3.97	0.337
Waist/hip (%)	81.75±6.51	83.50±6.28	0.329
Body composition
Muscle (kg)*	42.60±7.91	41.14±8.07	0.355
Fat (kg)	26.68±7.94	24.43±4.24	0.225
Fat ratio (%)	36.90±7.81	36.28±6.48	0.759
Blood pressure (mmHg)
Systolic	124.80±13.66	125.17±13.58	0.922
Diastolic*	85.47±10.18	84.74±9.79	0.842
Blood glucose (mg/dL)*	94.73±11.43	96.00±6.19	0.570
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	197.20±38.39	201.39±39.83	0.700
Triglyceride (mg/dL)*	115.03±76.11	117.57±56.93	0.341
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)*	49.97±9.04	54.04±12.55	0.261
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	117.67±31.76	115.91±28.30	0.836
hs-CRP (mg/L)*	0.92±0.88	2.41±6.52	0.495
White blood cell count (10^∧9/L)*	5.99±1.37	6.72±1.56	0.097
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	13.69±1.23	14.11±1.42	0.262
Hematocrit (%)*	41.03±3.25	42.22±3.65	0.274
Platelet count (10^∧9/L)*	256.97±43.91	255.87±45.20	0.641
Total protein (g/dL)	7.26±0.25	7.42±0.42	0.091
Albumin (g/dL)*	4.32±0.25	4.36±0.25	0.562
Total bilirubin (mg/dL)*	0.58±0.16	0.74±0.29	0.029^‡
Direct bilirubin (mg/dL)*	0.17±0.05	0.21±0.08	0.091
SGOT (IU/L)*	23.10±7.22	21.30±5.49	0.335
SGPT (IU/L)*	25.77±14.86	22.17±13.00	0.243
𝛾GTP (IU/L)*	32.53±29.19	24.65±15.08	0.596
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL)*	13.33±3.16	13.70±3.75	0.704
Serum creatinine (mg/dL)*	0.79±0.16	0.83±0.12	0.332
Uric acid (mg/dL)*	4.31±1.03	4.57±1.49	0.713
TSH (mIU/mL)*	2.23±1.58	1.95±1.19	0.634
Free T4 (ng/dL)*	1.08±0.19	1.10±0.14	0.389

Chi-square test (categorical variables); 𝑡-test (continuous variables); *𝑃 value using Mann-Whitney 𝑈-test; ^‡𝑃<0.05.
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; 𝛾GTP: 𝛾-glutamyltranspeptidase; TSH: thyroid stimulating hormone.