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. 2019 Jun 8;110(2):377–390. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqy325

TABLE 2.

Effects of 60 d of flaxseed lignan extract compared with placebo on urinary enterolignan excretion (n = 42)1

Lignan Placebo Lignan extract P value2
SECO 0.03 (0.006) 2.95 (0.61) <0.001
END 0.38 (1.01) 5.19 (1.36) <0.001
ENL 2.85 (0.67) 13.62 (3.19) <0.001
ENL/SECO + END + ENL 0.77 (0.03) 0.62 (0.02) <0.001
1

Urinary enterolignan excretion in µmol/24 h; values presented as back-transformed adjusted geometric means (geometric SDs) or back-transformed square root (SDs) for ratio ENL/SECO + END + ENL. END, enterodiol; ENL, enterolactone; SECO, secoisolariciresinol.

2

P values derived from linear mixed models evaluating the effects of flaxseed lignan extract compared with placebo on urinary lignan excretion adjusted for age, BMI, sex, intervention sequence, and assay batch.