Abstract
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. To assess the effect of alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) supplementation on IL-6, hs-CRP, FBS, anthropometric indices, food intake and blood pressure in male patients with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI). Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Fifty-eight men with chronic SCI participated in the study. Participants were divided in two groups: one group received 600 mg of supplemental ALA (n=28) and the other group received placebo (n=30) for 12 weeks. At the beginning and end of the study, biochemical parameters, anthropometric indices, blood pressure and dietary intakes were measured. Dietary intake was measured using N4 software, and statistical analyses were carried out using SPSS16. No significant reduction was found in IL-6 (P=0.97) and hs-CRP levels (P=0.23). There was significant reduction in fasting blood sugar (P=0.001), body weight (P=0.001), BMI (P=0.001), waist circumference (P=0.001) and blood pressure (P=0.001). Dietary intake was significantly reduced, including fat (P=0.001), carbohydrate (P=0.001), protein (P=0.002) and energy intakes (P=0.001). Lipoic acid supplementation had no significant effect on the measured inflammatory markers but it reduces fasting blood sugar, anthropometric parameters, food intake and blood pressure in men with chronic SCI.
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