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Table 3 Comparison between alterations in biochemical parameters in intervention and control group

From: Can red yeast rice and olive extract improve lipid profile and cardiovascular risk in metabolic syndrome?: a double blind, placebo controlled randomized trial

 

Intervention group

Placebo group

Difference intervention group (absolute value and %)

Difference placebo group (absolute value and %)

95% CI of difference

p-value

Baseline intervention

Baseline intervention

LDL (SD) mg/dL

164.3 (32.2)

122.6 (19.8)

170.7 (40.9)

171.5 (41.8)

−41.7 (−23.7%) (28.3)

0.8 (0.5%) (24.3)

25.9; 56.0

<0.001

total CHOL (SD) mg/dL

247.5 (38.1)

204.0 (26.0)

251.2 (39.2)

255.1 (50.0)

−43.5 (−16.5%) (31.1)

4.0 (2.0%) (23.7)

31.6; 63.3

<0.001

HDL (SD) mg/dL

56.3 (14.3)

58.0 (13.8)

53.5 (13.9)

54.3 (14.0)

1.6 (3.5%) (4.3)

0.8 (2.4%) (7.7)

−4.3; 2.7

0.64

TG (SD) mg/dL

134.5 (57.9)

117.5 (53.9)

132.7 (49.5)

150.3 (84.4)

−16.1 (−8.7%) (37.4)

19.3 (15.9%) (64.6)

5.7; 65.1

0.02

apoA (SD) mg/dL

162.2 (39.5)

171.2 (5.8)

157.3 (30.6)

161.1 (31.0)

4.7 (2.9%) (9.4)

3.9 (3.1%) (18.8)

−18.5; 8.2

0.44

apoB (SD) mg/dL

115.5 (25.1)

96.6 (16.5)

119.3 (22.1)

126.3 (5.4)

−19.0 (−14.7%) (18.3)

7.0 (6.0%) (14.1)

16.6; 35.5

<0.001

HbA1c (SD) mmol/mol

35.3 (3.2)

36.1 (2.6)

35.9 (6.4)

36.7 (6.5)

0.9 (2.9%) (1.6)

0.7 (2.0%) (1.6)

−0.7; 1.1

0.61

oxLDL (SD) U/L

80.8 (34.5)

61.5 (21.4)

69.1 (17.7)

72.8 (22.2)

−19.4 (−20.4%) (21.7)

3.7 (5.2%) (11.3)

−35.2; −15.8

<0.001

  1. Values in italics are statistically significant.