Saghafi Nafiseh, Ghazanfarpour Masumeh, Khadivzadeh Talat, Babakhanian Masoudeh, Afiat Maliheh
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Student Research Committee, Department of Midwifery, Nursing and Midwifery School, Mashhad University of Medical Science, Mashhad, Iran.
J Menopausal Med. 2017 Dec;23(3):166-171. doi: 10.6118/jmm.2017.23.3.166. Epub 2017 Dec 29.
The goal of this study was to evaluate the effect of fennel on body composition.
This study is a secondary analysis of a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Fifty-four out of 60 patients were able to successfully complete the original study. Seven out of 54 patients were excluded because they were not overweight and obese. Thus, 47 women were included in this secondary analysis. Of these 47 women, 22 were in the fennel group and 25 were in placebo group. Body weight, body mass index (BMI) as well as fat distribution was measured at the baseline and after a three-month follow-up.
Comparison of fennel and placebo groups did not reveal any significant effect in terms of body weight, BMI, waist and hip circumferences and fat distribution. Also, the results of paired -test did not variation of these parameters across groups before and after 12-week treatment.
Menopausal women in fennel group experienced a slight increase in body weight and fat distribution, which was not significant. Further studies with larger sample sizes are recommended to validate the results of this study.
本研究的目的是评估茴香对身体成分的影响。
本研究是一项双盲、随机、安慰剂对照试验的二次分析。60名患者中有54名能够成功完成原始研究。54名患者中有7名被排除，因为他们不属于超重和肥胖人群。因此，47名女性被纳入此次二次分析。在这47名女性中，22名在茴香组，25名在安慰剂组。在基线期和三个月随访后测量体重、体重指数（BMI）以及脂肪分布。
茴香组和安慰剂组在体重、BMI、腰围和臀围以及脂肪分布方面的比较未显示出任何显著效果。此外，配对检验的结果也未显示这些参数在12周治疗前后各组之间存在差异。
茴香组的更年期女性体重和脂肪分布略有增加，但不显著。建议进行更大样本量的进一步研究以验证本研究结果。
