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From the 1Department of Human Nutrition, NWFP Agricultural University, Peshawar, Pakistan; the 2Post
Graduate Medical Institute, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar, Pakistan; and the 3Nutrients Requirements and Functions Laboratory, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Richard A. Anderson, Nutrient Requirements and
Functions Laboratory, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Bldg. 307, Rm. 224, Beltsville, MD
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A table elsewhere in this issue shows conventional and Syste` me International (SI) units and
conversion factors for many substances.
2003 by the American Diabetes Association.
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5.85 years in the groups consuming cinnamon. The duration of diabetes was
also similar: 6.73
2.32 years for the
placebo group and 7.10 3.29 years for
the cin- namon groups. There was also
an equal number of men and women in
the pla-
NUMBER
cinnamon
intake
Group*
(g/day)
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
3
6
Placebo 1
Placebo 2
Placebo 3
Day 0
60
11.6 1.7a
11.4 1.2a
13.0 1.4a
12.2 1.0a
12.4 1.0a
16.7 1.4a
1.8ab
1.1ab
1.3bc
0.8a
0.9a
1.6a
Day 40
8.7
9.4
9.2
12.4
12.7
16.8
1.6c
1.1b
1.5c
1.1a
1.0a
1.7a
After
cinnamon
intake
Day
9.7
9.9
11.4
12.6
12.6
17.0
1.4bc
1.6ab
1.8ab
1.0a
1.3a
1.3a
Data are means SD. *Ten individuals in each group; means followed by different superscript letters in
the same row are significantly different at P 0.05.
Before
cinnamon
intake
Day 0
2.66
2.77
2.87
2.30
2.56
3.03
Day 20
a
0.12
0.18a
0.18a
0.22a
0.25a
0.31b
2.28
2.43
2.56
2.30
2.40
3.15
0.15b
0.28ab
0.13b
0.31a
0.22a
0.33ab
Day 40
2.48
2.04
2.59
2.20
2.66
3.28
0.10ab
0.19bc
0.16b
0.22a
0.27a
0.34a
After
cinnamon
intake
Day 60
2.35
1.97
2.72
2.40
2.79
3.36
0.13b
0.18c
0.11ab
0.22a
0.27a
0.37a
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