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Table 2 Glycaemic parameters of groups 1 and 2

From: Anti-hyperglycaemic effects of herbal porridge made of Scoparia dulcis leaf extract in diabetics – a randomized crossover clinical trial

	Study period 1		Study period 2
FBG (mg/dL)	Test (mean ± SEM)		Control (mean ± SEM)
	0 week	12 weeks	14 weeks	26 weeks
Group 1^a	174 ± 14	160 ± 10	199 ± 15	192 ± 19
	Control (mean ± SEM)		Test (mean ± SEM)
	0 week	12 weeks	14 weeks	26 weeks
Group 2^b	166 ± 11	171 ± 9	183 ± 13	160 ± 7
HbA1c (%)	Test (mean ± SEM)		Control (mean ± SEM)
	0 week	12 weeks	14 weeks	26 weeks
Group 1^a	7.9 ± 0.46	6.5 ± 0.30^a	6.5 ± 0.30	7.1 ± 0.39
	Control (mean ± SEM)		Test (mean ± SEM)
	0 week	12 weeks	14 weeks	26 weeks
Group 2^b	7.6 ± 0.36	7.0 ± 0.31	7.0 ± 0.31	6.7 ± 0.24
Insulin (IU/L)	Test (mean ± SEM)		Control (mean ± SEM)
	0 week	12 weeks	14 weeks	26 weeks
Group 1^a	12.2 ± 10.4	14.9 ± 8.0	14.9 ± 8.0	12.1 ± 10.0
	Control (mean ± SEM)		Test (mean ± SEM)
	0 week	12 weeks	14 weeks	26 weeks
Group 2^b	16.6 ± 3.5	12.3 ± 1.5	12.3 ± 1.5	10.4 ± 1.2

Week 0 and week 14 indicates the basal serum parameters as those values have been obtained prior to the intervention
^an = 16, ^bn = 19; SEM = standard error of mean; Superscripts indicate a significant difference in a parameter when compared to basal value within a study period (p <0.05)

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