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. 2020 Feb 26;12(3):601. doi: 10.3390/nu12030601

Table 3.

Clinical trials which analysed the effects of OO, VOO and phenol-enriched VOO on post-prandial lipemia.

Interventions Duration Trial Design Participants (n and Health Status Dose OO Effects Reference
- MD + OO
- Low fat diet
3 year Parallel
Randomized
Controlled
557,
type 2 diabetes mellitus patients
- OO:
↓ post-prandial lipemia
↓ remnant cholesterol
[76]
- Control meal
- Control meal + butter
- Control meal + OO
Post-prandial Cross-over
Randomized
Controlled
12,
type 2 diabetes and overweight patients
100 g of butter
80 g of OO
OO:
↓ plasma TAG
↓ TAG in CM
[77]
- High CH diet
- High MUFA diet (with OO)
6 weeks Cross-over
Randomized
Controlled
12,
type 2 diabetes mellitus
High CH diet: 16.3 ± 7.6 g OO/d
High MUFA diet: 55.6 ±4.2 g OO/d
OO:
↓ TAG AUC
[79]
- Test meal + high oleic sunflower oil
- Test meal + VOO
- Test meal + enriched VOO
(oils were mixed with tomato sauce)
Post-prandial Cross-over
Controlled
10,
normolipidemic subjects
70 g of OOs VOO:
↓ TAG AUC
Enriched-VOO:
↓ TAG AUC
[81]
- Control meal
- Control meal + butter
- Control meal + sunflower oil
- Control meal + OO
Post-prandial Randomized
Cross-over
Controlled
10,
healthy men
40 g of oils
40 g of butter
OO:
↑ TAG in CM (2–4h after intervention)
↓ TAG in VLDL
[78]
- Test meal + palm oil
- Test meal + safflower oil
- Test meal + mix of fish and safflower oils
- Test meal + OO
Post-prandial Single-blind
Randomized
Cross-over
Controlled
10,
Post-menopausal women
40 g of oils OO:
↑ apoB-48
↓ TAG/apoB-48
[86]
- Test meal + ROO
- Test meal + POO
(oils were mixed with tomato sauce)
1 week Cross-over
Randomized
Controlled
9,
healthy young men
70 g of oils POO:
No differences TAG AUC
↓ TRL particles
↑ TRL TAG after 2h intake
↓ TRL TAG after 4h intake
↑ particle size
↑ rapid depletion of TAG in particles
[82]
- Control meal
- Control meal + VOO
- Control meal + high oleic sunflower oil
(oils were mixed with tomato sauce)
Post-prandial Randomized
Cross-over
Double-blind
Controlled
8,
normolipidemic men
70 g of OOs VOO
↓ TAG TRL AUC
[80]
- Control meal
- Control meal + VOO
- Control meal + high oleic sunflower oil
(oils were mixed with tomato sauce)
Post-prandial Randomized
Controlled
Cross-over
8,
normolipidemic men
70 g of oils VOO:
↑ oleic acid and n-3 PUFA in CM phospholipid
[87]

apo: apolipoprotein; AUC: area under curve; CH: carbohydrate; CM: chylomicrons; MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acids; OO: olive oil; POO: pomace olive oil; PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acids; ROO: refined olive oil; TAG: tryglicerides; TRL: trygliceride-rich lipoprotein; VOO: virgin olive oil.