Effect of the yellow passion fruit peel flour (Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa deg.) in insulin sensitivity in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients

Table 4 Average value, SD, difference of baseline average values and at 30 and 60 days of insulin, HOMA RI and HOMA by gender

Variable	Evaluation time	Average ± SD			Difference between averages by gender
Variable	Evaluation time	Average ± SD			T0/T30		T30/T60		T0/T60
		Female	Male	p	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
Insulin (μUI/mL)	T0	7.97 ± 3.18	4.52 ± 2.81	0.004	1.00 ± 2.88	-2.53 ± 2.73	-0.42 ± 3.24	1.31 ± 2.14	0.74 ± 3.83	-1.00 ± 1.47
	T30	6,86 ± 3.25	6.89 ± 4.87	0.923	p = 0.146	p = 0.006	p = 0.578	p = 0.047	p = 0.412	p = 0.031
	T60	7.20 ± 4.19	5.54 ± 4.06	0.662	p = 0.146	p = 0.006	p = 0.578	p = 0.047	p = 0.412	p = 0.031
HOMA IR	T0	3.17 ± 1.65	1.76 ± 1.54	0.006	0.95 ± 1.31	-0.77 ± 1.17	0.21 ± 1.23	0.77 ± 1.09	1,21 ± 1,62	0.08 ± 0.49
	T30	2.28 ± 1.12	2,61 ± 2.46	0.684	p = 0.005	p = 0.035	p = 0.465	p = 0.026	p = 0.004	p = 0.584
	T60	2.04 ± 1.34	1.75 ± 1.65	0.907	p = 0.005	p = 0.035	p = 0.465	p = 0.026	p = 0.004	p = 0.584
HOMA Beta	T0	36.84 ± 22.78	21.54 ± 12.23	0.037	-4.37 ± 19,69	-16.77 ± 16.70	-22.58 ± 40.21	-4.61 ± 25.47	-26.95 ± 41.07	-21.38 ± 19.59
HOMA Beta	T30	41.21 ± 27.48	38.31 ± 23.57	0.611	p = 0.346	p = 0.003	p = 0.025	p = 0.526	p = 0.010	p = 0.001
	T60	63.79 ± 51.22	42.92 ± 27.92	0.259

P ≤ 0.05 = significance level; n = 32; SD = Standard Deviation; T0 = baseline time; T30 = 30 days; T60 = 60 days; HOMA IR = Homeostasis Model Assessment-insulin resistance; HOMA Beta.

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