Table 2.

Pre- and post-intervention values in HDL related variables

Variable	Pre-intervention	Post-intervention
HDL mediated cholesterol efflux, %	3.93 ± 1.16	4.13 ± 1.40*
Fluidity of the HDL monolayer, 1/AU	4.96 ± 0.48	5.00 ± 0.34
HDL composition
Fatty acids in HDL, %
Arachidonic	10.32 ± 5.13	10.61 ± 7.06
Eicosatreanoic	0.77 ± 1.56	0.61 ± 1.15
Linoleic	29.40 ± 9.55	27.78 ± 15.36
Oleic	19.61±7.26	20.78 ± 7.15†
Palmitic	22.33 ±14.13	23.61 ± 7.27
Stearic	10.93 ±10.04	11.55 ± 6.85
Proteins in HDL, g/L
Apolipoprotein A-I	0.63 ± 0.16	0.66 ± 0.17†
Apolipoprotein A-II	0.17 ± 0.05	0.17 ± 0.04
Lipids in HDL, mg/dL
Total Cholesterol	31.84 ± 11.60	31.82 ± 12.05
Free Cholesterol	13.42 ± 6.25	12.73 ± 5.86
Esterified cholesterol	18.41 ± 8.05	18.45 ± 8.07
Triglycerides	7.22 ± 2.09	7.28 ± 2.24
Phospholipids	61.13 ± 18.44	60.66 ± 17.71
Oxidative status of HDLa
Lag time, minb	34.09 (26.60–52.78)	35.38 (26.94–46.07)
Maximum absorbance, Abs	0.48 ± 0.10	0.47 ± 0.14
Oxidation rate, Abs/s	7.96 ± 2.52	8.14 ± 2.52
Antioxidative status of HDL, µmols/L
Total phenolic contentb c	14.41 (0–144.5)	63.78 (0–585.3)‡
α-tocopherol	12.64 ± 0.70	12.77 ± 0.79*
γ-tocopherol	0.13 ± 0.35	0.15 ± 0.44
β-caroteneb	1.27 (0–3.18)	1.79 (0–3.45)
β -cryptoxanthin	7.95 ± 2.96	8.73 ± 3.44‡
Coenzime-Q	299.2 ± 192.2	324.2 ± 191.1†
Luteine	2.26 ± 1.93	2.58 ± 2.02
Retinol	3.39 ± 1.67	3.71 ± 2.01
PON1 activity, U/Ld	5.18 ± 1.58	5.31± 1.74
HDL particle size, µmol/L
HDL mean size (total)e	9.24 ± 0.46	9.27 ± 0.45
Small HDL particles	17.71 ± 6.03	16.93 ± 5.32
Medium HDL particles	10.80 ± 6.09	9.35 ± 4.96
Large HDL particles	7.07 ± 3.68	7.09 ± 3.53

Values expressed as mean and standard deviation. AU, arbitrary units

^aConjugated dienes formation curve.

^bValues expressed as median (25th-75th percentile)

^cExpressed in nmol/L.

^dPON1, Paraoxonase-1.

^eExpressed in nanometers.

^*P<0.05;

^†P<0.01;

^‡P<0.001