Table 3.

Crude means (standard deviation) and estimated changes from baseline (∆) for biochemical variables

	8 week
	(Control = 19 Intervention =21)
	Mean (DP)	∆a	p a
Triglycerides (mg/dL)
Control	90.4 (35.3)	−4.1
Intervention	76.6 (31.0)	−21.1	0.05
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)
Control	168.5 (27.0)	+3.4
Intervention	179.1 (34.6)	+7.4	0.60
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)
Control	49.7 (11.5)	−0.3
Intervention	53.7 (15.1)	+2.6	0.31
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)
Control	100.7 (22.7)	+4.7
Intervention	110.1 (31.0)	+4.3	0.96
VLDL cholesterol (mg/dL)
Control	18.1 (7.1)	−0.9
Intervention	15.3 (6.1)	−3.5	0.13
Glucose (mg/dL)
Control	92.3 (13.3)	−2.0
Intervention	95.2 (9.2)	−0.4	0.59

^aLinear mixed models include time, treatment and time x treatment interaction, adjusted for baseline values