Effects of cinnamon supplementation on expression of systemic inflammation factors, NF-kB and Sirtuin-1 (SIRT1) in type 2 diabetes: a randomized, double blind, and controlled clinical trial

Table 1 Baseline demographic and anthropometric features of the study patients

Variables	Cinnamon group (n = 20)	Placebo group (n = 19)	Total (n = 44)	P^***
sex^*				0.83
female	12 (60%)	12 (63.2%)	24 (61.6%)
male	8 (40%)	7 (36.8%)	15 (38.4%)
Age (year)^**	58.90 ± 7.93	56.26 ± 9.46	57.61 ± 8.70	0.43
Height (cm)^**	167.15 ± 7.38	162.52 ± 9.47	164.89 ± 8.67	0.09
Weight (kg)^**	73.75 ± 10.74	77.15 ± 15.63	75.41 ± 13.28	0.43
Body mass index (kg/m2) ^**	26.41 ± 3.06	29.02 ± 5.53	27.70 ± 4.52	0.18

Data were presented using frequency (percent) for categorical^* variables and mean ± SD for the numeric normal^** variables. P-value^*** indicated differences between groups

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