Table 3.

Lipid profiles in MetS patients at baseline and post-fasting in two groups ^a

	Control group				Carnitine group				ΔP-value
	Baseline	Post-fasting	P-valueb	Changes	Baseline	Post-fasting	P-valueb	Changes
TC (mmol/L)	5.34 ± 1.14	5.9 ± 1.28	0.004	0.60 ± 0.68	5.38 ± 0.92	5.43 ± 0.66	0.5	0.1 ± 0.52	0.038
TG (mmol/L)	1.69 ± 0.69	1.11 ± 0.39	0.001	-0.58 ± 0.54	1.72 ± 0.77	0.97 ± 0.22	0.006	-0.60 ± 0.65	0.927
HDL-c (mmol/L)	1.15 ± 0.22	1.02 ± 0.24	0.002	-0.13 ± 0.13	1.11 ± 0.26	1.01 ± 0.19	0.019	-0.11 ± 0.15	0.807
LDL-c (mmol/L)	3.72 ± 1.08	4.57 ± 1.19	0.001	0.86 ± 0.79	3.78 ± 0.96	4.24 ± 0.69	0.018	0.54 ± 0.71	0.279
ApoA1 (mg/L)	1.11 ± 0.24	0.93 ± 0.17	0.007	-0.18 ± 0.22	1.32 ± 0.19	1.16 ± 0.17	0.005	-0.15 ± 0.16	0.745
ApoB (mg/L)	0.94 ± 0.25	1.10 ± 0.22	0.002	0.17 ± 0.17	0.96 ± 0.14	1.12 ± 0.15	<0.001	0.19 ± 0.12	0.645
ApoA1/ApoB	1.14 ± 0.23	0.85 ± 0.18	0.002	-0.29 ± 0.29	1.38 ± 0.25	1.03 ± 0.25	0.005	-0.36 ± 0.25	0.481
Lp(a) (mg/L)	273.4 ± 91.39	422.3 ± 144.83	0.003	148.9 ± 163.7	233.4 ± 90.36	362.8 ± 191.68	0.003	135.1 ± 131.7	0.810

Abbreviation: apoA1 apolipoprotein A1, apoB apolipoprotein B, lp(a) lipoprotein (a), HDL-c High density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-c Low density lipoprotein cholesterol, TC Total cholesterol.

^aVariables are expressed as mean ± SD.

^bP-value was determined by paired test.

^Δ P-value was determined by unpaired test between groups in difference.