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) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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