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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: After berberine administration, patients had a remission of 36 % (P = 0. 037) in the presence of metabolic syndrome and a significant decrease in waist circumference in females (1064 vs. 1033cm, P < 0. 05), systolic blood pressure (SBP) (1237 vs. 1159mmHg, P < 0. 01), triglycerides (2. 40. 7 vs. 1. 40. 5 mmol/L, P < 0. 01), area under the curve (AUC) of glucose (1182. 1253. 6 vs. 1069. 5172. 4 mmol/l, P < 0. 05), AUC of insulin (92, 05672, 148 vs. 67, 40746, 441 pmol/L, P < 0. 01), and insulinogenic index (0. 780. 69 vs. 0. 620. 46, P < 0. 05), as well as an increase in the Matsuda index (2. 11. 0 vs. 3. 11. 6, P < 0. 01).