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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2016 Feb 1;24(3):576–582. doi: 10.1002/oby.21385

Table 3.

LDL and total cholesterol levels before and after antibiotic therapy

Methane Eradicators (n=8) Methane Non-Eradicators (n=3) P-value
Pre-Ab Post-Ab Pre-Ab Post-Ab
Total cholesterol (mg/dl) 192±51 177±52 173±41 188±49 0.01*
LDL (mg/dl) 116±42 104±46 96±41 111±51 0.028*
*

P-value is comparing change in methane eradiacators before and after treatment to change in methane non-eradiacators before and after treatment.