Table 4.

Response of biomarkers of metabolic health to intervention

	Olive		Coconut		Supplement		Placebo		RM GLM ANCOVA (P)
	n 15		n 15		n 17		n 16
	Mean	se	Mean	se	Mean	se	Mean	se	Time	Treatment	Time × treatment
TC
Baseline (mmol/l)	4·7	0·2	4·9	0·2	5·6	0·2	5·2	0·2	0·90	0·17	0·53
Post-intervention (mmol/l)	4·8	0·3	5·1	0·3	5·3	0·2	5·3	0·3
HDL-cholesterol
Baseline (mmol/l)	1·6	0·1	1·5	0·1	1·7	0·1	1·7	0·1	0·10	0·75	0·46
Post-intervention (mmol/l)	1·6	0·1	1·6	0·1	1·7	0·1	1·7	0·1
LDL-cholesterol
Baseline (mmol/l)	2·6	0·2	2·8	0·2	3·3	0·2	2·9	0·2	0·69	0·38	0·48
Post-intervention (mmol/l)	2·7	0·2	2·9	0·2	3·1	0·2	3·0	0·2
TAG
Baseline (mmol/l)	1·1	0·2	1·4	0·2	1·2	0·2	1·3	0·2	0·47	0·63	0·79
Post-intervention (mmol/l)	1·0	0·2	1·4	0·2	1·3	0·1	1·2	0·1
Glucose
Baseline (mmol/l)	5·3	0·1	5·4	0·1	5·4	0·1	5·6	0·1	0·73	0·27	0·21
Post-intervention (mmol/l)	5·0	0·3	5·2	0·3	5·4	0·3	6·1	0·3
CRP
Baseline (mg/dl)	2·9	0·5	2·1	0·5	1·6	0·5	1·8	0·5	0·79	0·39	0·49
Post-intervention (mg/dl)	3·0	0·5	1·9	0·5	1·5	0·5	1·8	0·5

RM GLM ANCOVA, repeated-measures general linear model ANCOVA; TC, total cholesterol; CRP, C-reactive protein.

Data presented as mean ± standard error.

RM GLM ANCOVA was used to explore differences in biomarkers of metabolic health measures between groups.

P < 0·05 was considered statistically significant.