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Effect of ginger on the blood glucose level of women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) with impaired glucose tolerance test (GTT): a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial.
What moved
1 findingHow to read these marks →- Decreases fasting blood glucose
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“Ginger treatment significantly reduced the levels of FBS, serum insulin and HOMA index comparing to the placebo group but there was no significant difference between the two groups in BS2hpp after the treatment by the ginger tablets (Table 2).”
- Study
- RCT
- Participants
- 70
- Duration
- 6 weeks
- Interests
- Industry funded
- Dose studied
- 1500 mg/day as three tablets after breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Population
- Women with gestational diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance test at 24 to 28 weeks of pregnancy, analysed 37 ginger and 33 placebo
Study record
- Design
- randomised controlled trial
- Species
- human
- Population
- Pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance test at 24-28 weeks of pregnancy, Arash Hospital, Tehran, Iran
- Participants
- 70
- Comparator
- placebo
- Duration
- 42 days
- Endpoints measured
- 12