Melatonin Treatment Improves Insulin Resistance and Pigmentation in Obese Patients with Acanthosis Nigricans

Table 2

Physiological measures.

Parameters	Baseline	After 12 weeks of treatment	value
SBP, mmHg	134.18 ± 10.690	131.88 ± 10.787	0.085
DBP, mmHg	87.53 ± 10.967	87.00 ± 11.292	0.478
HR, bmp	85.35 ± 7.533	82.35 ± 9.096	0.174
Weight, kg	100.912 ± 22.9884	97.453 ± 21.8012	0.001
Body fat, %	37.206 ± 5.3743	35.488 ± 6.6078	0.038
BMI, kg/m^2	35.741 ± 4.7844	34.524 ± 4.7278	0.001
Visceral index	17.41 ± 6.510	15.82 ± 6.085	0.001
NC, cm	40.718 ± 4.1652	40.118 ± 4.1213	0.045
WC, cm	111.471 ± 13.7184	107.853 ± 14.2607	0.002
HC, cm	114.818 ± 10.6647	113.488 ± 10.5441	0.028
AN score, neck	3.35 ± 0.862	2.59 ± 0.712	<0.01
AN score, axilla	3.53 ± 0.717	2.65 ± 0.702	<0.01

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