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Table 2.

Bay leaves decrease serum cholesterol in subjects with type 2 diabetes

Doses of bay leaves and placebo (g/day)	Fasting serum cholesterol (mmol/L)
	Before intake of bay leaves	During intake of bay leaves			After intake of bay leaves
	Day 0	Day 10	Day 20	Day 30	Day 40
Bay Leaves 1	6.34 ± 2.69^a	5.40 ± 2.74^abc	5.09 ± 1.63^bc	4.84 ± 1.55^c	5.97 ± 1.63^ab
Bay Leaves 2	5.77 ± 1.16^a	4.58 ± 0.98^b	4.34 ± 0.88^b	4.60 ± 1.03^b	5.59 ± 1.22^a
Bay Leaves 3	5.84 ± 1.81^a	5.04 ± 1.66^b	4.47 ± 1.58^b	4.63 ± 1.22^b	4.42 ± 0.96^b
Placebo 1	5.74 ± 0.70^a	5.72 ± 1.03^a	5.66 ± 0.57^a	5.90 ± 0.67^a	5.59 ± 0.72^a

Conditions defined in Table 1. Means in the same row, with different superscripts, are significantly different at p<0.05.

For example, the mean of 6.34 ± 2.69^a is not different from 5.40 ± 2.74^abc and 5.97 ± 1.63^ab (all three contain a superscript (a)) but is different from 5.09 ± 1.63^bc and 4.84 ± 1.55^c. Similarly, mean values with common superscripts b and or c are also not significantly different.