Objective: To evaluate the effect of thymol administration on the serum concentration of netrin-1 in obese subjects.
Material and methods: this is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial design.
Inclusion criteria:
1. - Subjects between 18 and 35 years old.
2. - Subjects with BMI ≥ 30.0 and ≤35.0.
3. - Subjects with systolic blood pressure less than 135 mmHg.
4. - Subjects with diastolic blood pressure less than 85 mmHg.
5. - Voluntary acceptance and signing of the informed consent. These patients will be randomly assigned to two groups, one will have the intervention with thymol 200 mg every 8 hours for 90 days while the other will have placebo with Mg 200 mg every 8 hours for 90 days.
Statistical analysis: quantitative variables: means and standard deviation. Qualitative variables: frequencies and percentages. In the comparison according to the serum level of netrin-1 between the two groups after the intervention: t student for quantitative variables, Chi square for qualitative variables. Statistical significance p equal to or less than 0.05.