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. 2012 Jul-Aug;15(4):958–964.

Table 3.

Changes for fasting blood sugar and the lipid profiles at the baseline and after the intervention in ß-carotene and combined groups (mean±SD and mean d ±SE)d

Parameters B group (n=34)
COM group (n=40)
P group (n=35)
Before
Mean±SD
After
Mean±SD
Mean d ±SE d
(within groups)
P value Before
Mean±SD
After
Mean±SD
Mean d ±SEd
(within groups)
P value Before
Mean±SD
After
Mean±SD
Meand ±SEd
(within groups)
P value
FBS (mg/dl) 97.02±45.57 91.41±42.08 3.177±3.61 0.386 96.85±37.55 94.72±28.53 3.27±3.85 0.401 83.08±20.543 83.74±21.91 -0.65±1.73 0.708
TG (mg/dl) 220.67±123.28 212.76±116.38 7.91±10.66 0.463 233.75±161.96 220.40±93.42 13.35±19.26 0.492 176.68±91.26 170.08±80.40 6.60±11.17 0.559
TC (mg/dl) 196.85±32.59 197.05±34.22 -0.02±3.19 0.949 209.30±31.92 205.27±44 4.02±4.36 0.363 199.11±36.48 190.91±26.62 3.91±2.42 0.115
HDL-C (mg/dl) 41.32±9.73 43.28±9.68 -1.95±1.25 0.128 42.02±11.78 42.29±10.43 -0.26±1.35 0.847 40.41±8.57 41.96±9.19 -1.55±1.17 0.196
LDL-C (mg/dl) 110.23±29.05 103.88±34.99 6.35±3.95 0.118 118.50±31.36 121.50±28.95 -2.95±4.35 0.502 160.45±24.60 114.05±23.70 64.40±40.88 0.264

Note: SD= Standard deviation; FBS, fasting blood sugar; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglycerides; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein; meand = mean of differences; SEd = Standard Error of Differences