Table 4.

Characteristics of subjects and intake rates of test foods in the active test food and placebo groups.

Characteristic	Placebo	Active	p
Subjects, n	41	33	-
Male, n	17	8	0.14
Age, years	53.9 ± 9.1	53.7 ± 7.8	0.91
Height, cm	162.7 ± 8.8	160.4 ± 8.3	0.27
Body mass index, kg/m2	21.7 ± 2.8	22.1 ± 3.0	0.59
LDL cholesterol, mg/dL	137.3 ± 12.4	139.2 ± 12.5	0.51
Intake rate, %	99.8 ± 0.5	99.9 ± 0.4	0.45