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Table 1 Mean values for gastric emptying parameters and food intake from the buffet meal after the ingestion of high-fat meal supplemented with 3 g wheat flour (placebo) or cinnamon

From: Effect of cinnamon on gastric emptying, arterial stiffness, postprandial lipemia, glycemia, and appetite responses to high-fat breakfast

Variable

Placebo

Cinnamon

Gastric emptying

  

Thalf (min)

237 ± 32

245 ± 49

Tlag (min)

136 ± 12

143 ± 22

Tlat (min)

40 ± 6

43 ± 9

Tasc (min)

197 ± 35

202 ± 48

Cumulative excretion of13CO2 (%)

55.1 ± 10.0

56.3 ± 4.9

Food intake

  

Energy intake (kJ)

3056 ± 1130

3324 ± 1516

Quantity consumed (g)

420 ± 200

467 ± 151

Carbohydrate (%)

40 ± 13

43 ± 12

Fat (%)

40 ± 8

36 ± 10

Protein (%)

21 ± 10

22 ± 9

Time (min)

15 ± 3

15 ± 5

  1. Thalf, gastric half emptying time; tlag, lag phase; tasc, ascension time; tlat, latency time.
  2. Data are means ± SD, n = 9.
  3. No significant differences were found between treatments, p > 0.05.