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.
Variables
THI
Placebo
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 (10∧9/L)
0.328
Hemoglobin (g/dL)*
0.208
Hematocrit (%)*
0.258
Platelet count (10∧9/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.