Table 3.

Effects of the 4-wk dietary intervention¹

	Treatment
	Control group (n = 5)	Phytanic acid group (n = 9)
Phytanic acid, μM	4.16 ± 0.24	3.56 ± 0.18
Glucose, mmol/L	5.37 ± 0.10	5.34 ± 0.08
Insulin, pmol/L	33.05 ± 5.69	28.11 ± 4.22
Triacylglycerol, mmol/L	1.15 ± 0.15	0.9 ± 0.11
Total cholesterol, mmol/L	4.46 ± 0.2	4.56 ± 0.15
LDL cholesterol, mmol/L	2.59 ± 0.14	2.82 ± 0.10
HDL cholesterol, mmol/L	1.28 ± 1.10	1.41 ± 1.07
CRP, mg/L	0.26 ± 2.05	0.58 ± 1.77

¹ All values are LSmeans ± SEM. CRP, C-reactive protein. ANCOVA; baseline values were used as covariates.