Table 3.

Serum lipid profile over the study period for spring water and magnesium bicarbonate (supplemented) spring water groups

		Spring Water (n = 33)		Supplemented Spring Water (n = 34)
	Visit	Day 0	Day 84	Day 0	Day 84
Triglyceride	Mean (SD)	1.12 (0.45)	0.95 (0.39)	0.95 (0.32)	0.92 (0.46)
(mmol/L)	Change from baseline (Day 0) (SD)		-0.17 (0.46)		-0.03 (0.39)
	*P value			0.107	0.528
Cholesterol	Mean (SD)	5.79 (1.6)	5.69 (1.21)	5.44 (0.78)	5.51 (0.93)
(mmol/L)	Change from baseline (Day 0) (SD)		-0.10 (0.63)		0.07 (0.53)
	*P value			0.260	0.484
High Density Lipoprotein	Mean (SD)	1.72 (0.50)	1.78 (0.47)	1.75 (0.32)	1.77 (0.32)
(mmol/L)	Change from baseline (Day 0) (SD)		0.05 (0.19)		0.02 (0.19)
	*P value			0.772	0.576
Low Density Lipoprotein	Mean (SD)	3.57 (1.38)	3.48 (1.07)	3.31 (0.90)	3.33 (0.89)
	Change from baseline (Day 0) (SD)		-0.08 (0.50)		0.02 (0.38)
	*P value			0.364	0.611

*p-value comparing groups at Day 0 (italics) and for change from Day 0 to Day 84