Table 3.

Comparison of serum lipid levels before and after treatment in both groups.

		Baseline	Change to 8 weeks	D-value	P-value
Group I	TC (mmol/L)	5.99±1.62	4.23±1.18	1.76±0.95	0.0003
	TG (mmol/L)	2.02±1.34	1.32±0.61	0.70±0.82	0.0006
	LDL-C (mmol/L)	3.96±1.45	2.72±1.77	1.24±0.69	0.0004
	HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.19±0.49	1.54±0.78	0.35±0.47	0.0017
Group II	TC (mmol/L)	6.01±1.26	4.13±1.33	1.88±1.12	0.0003
	TG (mmol/L)	1.98±1.72	1.36±1.21	0.62±0.99	0.0007
	LDL-C (mmol/L)	4.11±1.54	2.95±1.05	1.16±0.76	0.0004
	HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.22±0.55	1.52±0.78	0.30±0.84	0.0018