Table 2.

Endpoint fasting and postprandial plasma lipid concentrations (n = 21)

	PS-SO2	PS-OO	PS-FO	P value3
Cholesterol
Total (mmol/L)	5.61 ± 0.211	5.49 ± 0.25	5.48 ± 0.23	0.5793
LDL (mmol/L)	3.59 ± 0.16	3.48 ± 0.19	3.73 ± 0.17	0.2704
HDL (mmol/L)	1.29 ± 0.07	1.23 ± 0.07	1.30 ± 0.07	0.0767†
Triacylglycerols
Fasting (mmol/L)	1.62 ± 0.19a	1.75 ± 0.25a	0.99 ± 0.12b	< 0.0001
Postprandial (mmol/L)	2.56 ± 0.23a	2.70 ± 0.23a	1.53 ± 0.15b	< 0.0001

¹ Values are means ± SEs.

² PS-SO: plant sterols esterified with sunflower oil fatty acids; PS-OO: plant sterols esterified with olive oil fatty acids; PS-FO: plant sterols esterified with fish oil fatty acids

³ P values obtained by repeated-measures ANOVA with ^† baseline concentrations included in the model as covariates. Values of plasma triglyceride concentrations were normalized using a log transformation.

^{a, b} Values not sharing a common superscript letter are significantly different at P < 0.05.