“Diabegon”, a safe and effective polyherbal therapy for type 2 diabetes mellitus

Table 6 Effect of 6 mo polyherbal therapy on blood pressure and anthropometry

	Variations at 3 monthly intervals following polyherbal therapy
	0 d	3 mo	6 mo	Meanchange
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	130.40 ± 2.27	125.15 ± 2.09a	126.12 ± 2.41a	(↓ 3.2%)
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	81.06 ± 1.14	78.97 ± 1.23	77.90 ± 1.35	(↓ 3.8%)
Body mass index (kg/m2)	25.75 ± 0.57	25.19 ± 0.56b	24.85 ± 0.50b	(↓ 3.4%)

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM;

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.001 compared to 0^th d levels.