| Variable |
Cinnamon |
Placebo |
P |
|
| n |
29 |
28 |
— |
| BMI (kg/m2)
|
32.5 ± 1.7 |
32.0 ± 1.5 |
0.83 |
 BMI (kg/m2)
|
–0.2 ± 0.1 |
0.0 ± 0.2 |
0.34 |
| Glucose (mg/dl) |
132.9 ± 9.3 |
144.7 ± 10.4 |
0.40 |
| Glucose (mg/dl)
|
9.8 ± 5.9 |
0.3 ± 9.0 |
0.38 |
| A1C (%) |
7.2 ± 0.3 |
7.1 ± 0.2 |
0.94 |
| A1C (%)
|
0.2 ± 0.1 |
0.1 ± 0.2 |
0.64 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dl) |
170.2 ± 8.1 |
176.3 ± 8.0 |
0.60 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dl)
|
0.8 ± 4.3 |
–2.9 ± 6.3 |
0.63 |
| HDL cholesterol (mg/dl) |
43.9 ± 1.5 |
–2.2 ± 1.7 |
0.45 |
| HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)
|
0.8 ± 1.0 |
–1.0 ± 1.3 |
0.28 |
| LDL cholesterol (mg/dl) |
101.5 ± 6.7 |
105.1 ± 6.7 |
0.70 |
| LDL cholesterol (mg/dl)
|
–2.0 ± 3.1 |
–3.0 ± 5.6 |
0.87 |
| Triglycerides (mg/dl) |
132.4 ± 15.5 |
155.7 ± 22.8 |
0.40 |
| Triglycerides (mg/dl)
|
9.6 ± 13.5 |
16.1 ± 19.1 |
0.78 |
| Insulin (IU/ml) |
12.9 ± 1.3 |
11.8 ± 1.6 |
0.61 |
| Insulin (IU/ml)
|
1.6 ± 1.1 |
5.7 ± 3.2 |
0.25 |
|