Table 3.

Correlations between the changes (week 12-0, △) in antioxidant enzyme activity and lipid profiles

	△SOD (U/mg protein)
	r a (P values)
△TC (mmol/L)	−0.41 (< 0.01)
△TG (mmol/L)	−0.11 (0.34)
△LDL-C (mmol/L)	−0.45 (< 0.01)
△HDL-C (mmol/L)	−0.04 (0.77)
△Apo-A1 (g/L)	−0.09 (0.44)
△Apo-B (g/L)	−0.32 (< 0.01)

^acorrelation coefficients

Apo apolipoprotein; HDL-C high density lipoprotein-cholesterol; LC L-carnitine; LDL-C low density lipoprotein-cholesterol; SOD superoxide dismutase; TC total cholesterol; TG triglycerides