Flour of tamarind as a tool for the health control of diabetic patients
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- E10-E14Diabetes mellitus
- Registration Number
- RBR-4xzjny
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Estadual do Ceará - UECE
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruitment completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Male or female; presence of diabetes mellitus type 2 diagnosed at least two years; being regularly monitored by the institution; be adult or elderly; having a body mass index (BMI) of overweight; be in use of oral hypoglycemic agents; not be in use for insulin; have no known diseases except commonly associated with the presence of diabetes mellitus type 2; live in the city in order to facilitate monitoring. Search sample is 200 patients.
Exclusion Criteria
Any factor that limits anthropometric assessments of weight, height or circumference.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Detection of a reduction in total cholesterol 7 to 10%, measured in plasma, in pre-intervention and post-intervention (4 weeks) measurements using enzymatic colorimetric method.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Detection of a reduction in fasting glucose from 7 to 10%, in the pre-intervention and post-intervention (4 weeks) measurements, by enzymatic colorimetric method.<br>