. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 14.

Published in final edited form as: Food Funct. 2016 Aug 5;7(9):3686–3693. doi: 10.1039/c6fo00611f

Table 3. Placebo and DC subject blood chemistry values.

Endpoint	Placebo Mean (SD)		Paired t-test	DC Mean (SD)		Paired t-test

	Pre	Post	p value	Pre	Post	p value
Glucose (mg/dl)	85.4 (15.8)	85.6 (8.1)	NS	86.9 (6.3)	83.4 (7.6)	NS
LDL (mg/dl)	118.4 (23.6)	111.8 (25.8)	NS	127.7 (24.7)	125.6 (25.5)	NS
HDL (mg/dl)	56.13 (18.8)	55.8 (12)	NS	48.8 (12.2)	54 (9.7)	0.005
TG (mg/dl)	96.38 (35.9)	95.88 (21.9)	NS	109 (38.5)	89.8 (19.6)	0.074
Cholesterol (mg/dl)	193.8 (27.2)	186.5 (25.4)	NS	199.7 (26.7)	199.3 (28.65)	NS

DC = dark chocolate; HDL = high-density lipoprotein; LDL = low-density lipoprotein; TG = triglycerides.