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Section Type: METHODS

Text: On 4 separate occasions, 10 nondiabetic subjects (mean [+ / - SD] age, 34 + / -7 years ; mean [+ / - SD] body mass index [BMI], 25. 6 + / - 3 kg/m2) and 9 subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus (mean [+ / - SD] age, 62 + / - 7 years ; mean [+ / - SD] BMI, 29 + / - 5 kg/m2 ; mean [+ / - SD] glycosylated hemoglobin A1c, 0. 08 + / -0. 005) were randomized to receive 3-g ginseng or placebo capsules, either 40 minutes before or together with a 25-g oral glucose challenge.