Research Article
Clinical Investigations of the Effect of Citrus unshiu Peel Pellet on Obesity and Lipid Profile
Table 1
Changes in clinical variables after 4 weeks of CUPP treatment (N = 118).
| | | Baseline | 4th Week | |
| | Waist circumference (cm) | 91.53±7.55 | 90.36±7.27 | 0.0002 | | Weight (kg) | 71.09±9.52 | 70.59 ±9.40 | < 0.0001 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 27.47±2.24 | 27.27±2.22 | < 0.0001 | | Body fat mass (kg) | 24.98±4.78 | 24.87±4.61 | 0.481 | | Fat free mass (kg) | 46.11±8.57 | 45.68±8.84 | 0.023 | | Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 128.9±16.6 | 126.9 ±14.8 | 0.554 | | Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 81.4±10.8 | 81.9±10.7 | 0.558 | | Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 201.5±37.4 | 192.8±36.5 | < 0.0001 | | LDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 117.3±34.5 | 111.8±34.6 | 0.011 | | HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 56.3±14.6 | 55.8±13.2 | 0.482 | | Triglyceride (mg/dL) | 139.7±78.0 | 126.1±74.5 | 0.026 | | AST (U/L) | 24.1±8.1 | 22.4±8.1 | 0.0093 | | ALT (U/L) | 23.3±12.3 | 21.2±11.6 | 0.0167 | | γ-GTP (U/L) | 29.9 ±38.5 | 32.0 ±35.9 | 0.153 |
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BMI: body mass index; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; and γ-GTP: γ-glutamyltranspeptidase.
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