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Table 2. Mean values (Mean ± SD) for lipids levels in intervention and control groups before and after the study.

Lipid Parameters	Intervention group			P value*	Control group			P value*	Treatment effect	95% confidence interval	P value^†
Lipid Parameters	Before	After	Difference	P value*	Before	After	Difference	P value*	Treatment effect	95% confidence interval	P value^†
Triglyceride (mg/dL)	230.71 ± 79.94	205.91 ± 83.28	24.80 ± 51.70	0.002	183.97 ± 54.51	180.84 ± 67.27	3.13 ± 44.80	0.645	−21.66	−42.06 to −1.26	0.03
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	237.51 ± 38.61	224.57 ± 41.58	12.93 ± 28.93	0.004	221.76 ± 31.36	215.02 ± 42.34	6.74 ± 26.63	0.089	−6.19	−17.58 to 5.20	0.28
Low density lipoproteins (mg/dL)	121.28 ± 22.88	115.28 ± 23.32	6.00 ± 16.26	0.013	119.14 ± 20.60	111.69 ± 24.72	7.44 ± 18.69	0.008	1.44	−5.57 to 8.47	0.68
High density lipoproteins (mg/dL)	49.54 ± 9.71	50.78 ± 9.23	−1.23 ± 6.24	0.192	54.00 ± 12.83	53.04 ± 11.51	0.95 ± 6.47	0.316	2.19	−.044 to 4.83	0.10
Non-HDL cholestrol	188.15 ± 33.96	173.59 ± 37.97	14.56 ± 27.27	0.122	169.60 ± 29.73	163.34 ± 40.01	6.25 ± 25.00	0.001	−8.31	−19.67 to 3.05	0.15
Total cholesterol to HDL ratio	4.84 ± 0.72	4.48 ± 0.73	0.35 ± 057	< 0.001	4.38 ± 0.94	4.19 ± 0.83	0.18 ± 0.67	0.080	−0.17	−0.43 to 0.09	0.21

^*Shows the significance level for changes in means in each group (intervention and control) before and after 60 days.

^†Shows the significance level for changes in means between the intervention and control groups after 60 days.