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. 2013 Jun 20;12:91. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-12-91

Table 2.

Effects of placebo and plant stanol yoghurt on lipid profile (mean ± SD)a

  Placebo yoghurt group
Plant stanol yoghurt group
pb
Baseline Intervention Change (%) Baseline Intervention Change (%)
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)
233.4 ± 26.83
235.0 ± 23.75
1.2 ± 8.11
241.1 ± 25.81
232.0 ± 22.12
−3.4 ± 7.60
0.007*
LDL cholesterol (mg/dl)
154.5 ± 21.16
154.1 ± 18.58
0.5 ± 10.65
157.9 ± 26.40
147.7 ± 24.41
−5.8 ± 10.90
0.005*
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)
51.2 ± 11.36
50.6 ± 11.62
−0.9 ± 10.76
50.1 ± 14.35
49.6 ± 15.79
−1.2 ± 8.87
0.524
Triglycerides (mg/dl)
138.5 ± 66.41
151.6 ± 66.45
19.8 ± 53.75
165.9 ± 99.42
174.0 ± 84.62
11.2 ± 27.05
0.606
VLDL cholesterol (mg/dl)
27.7 ± 13.27
30.3 ± 13.26
19.8 ± 53.60
33.1 ± 19.88
34.8 ± 16.92
11.3 ± 27.06
0.596
Non-HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)
182.2 ± 24.54
184.4 ± 20.86
2.0 ± 12.98
191.0 ± 28.24
182.5 ± 26.45
−4.2 ± 10.73
0.005*
Apolipoprotein A-I (mg/dl)
155.9 ± 20.50
154.3 ± 19.28
−0.8 ± 6.02
152.7 ± 26.12
154.4 ± 33.25
1.4 ± 13.17
0.602
Apolipoprotein B (mg/dl)
122.1 ± 19.92
121.1 ± 20.28
−0.4 ± 8.72
128.2 ± 20.09
121.0 ± 19.18
−5.0 ± 11.81
0.076
Lipoprotein-a (mg/dl) 27.8 ± 26.86 29.3 ± 27.78 4.1 ± 18.13 35.8 ± 31.18 32.6 ± 29.39 −2.8 ± 25.36 0.094

a :Baseline is Week 0, Intervention is the average of Week 3 and Week 4. Value of Week 2 was used in the calculation of p value, but data was not given at table.

b *p<0.05: Group by time interaction (Repeated measured variance of analysis – general linear model).