Table 3.

Serum levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) in the study groups

Variable	Soy milk	Probiotic soy milk	P*
HDL-C (mg/dl)
Baseline	30.71 ± 3.33	32.66 ± 2.44	0.608
After intervention	32.14 ± 1.89	39.48 ± 2.14	0.013
Percent change	9.36 ± 7.70	16.80 ± 5.10	0.491
P**	0.693	0.044
LDL-C (mg/dl)
Baseline	9.33 ± 1.65	15.33 ± 3.96	0.143
After intervention	7.10 ± 0.63	10.01 ± 4.48	0.407
Percent change	3.30 ± 20.77	-13.31 ± 19	0.688
P**	0.159	0.376

Values are presented as mean ± standard error;

^*P values refer to mean comparisons between groups (independent t-test);

^**P values refer to variation from day 0 to day 21 within groups (paired t-test);

LDL-C: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: High-density lipoprotein cholesterol