Table 2.

Body weight and serum lipids of included patients at consecutive visits (V1. V2. V3).

		PHT	DBS	POP
BM [kg]	V1	77.6 ± 15.1	73.5 ± 15.5	83.9 ± 13.6
	V2	76.9 ± 16.3	77.4 ± 15.7	85.1 ± 12.8
	V3	76.4 ± 16.5	77.8 ± 15.0	84.6 ± 11.3
TG [mg/dl]	V1	98.5 ± 36.6	103.4 ± 60.0	135.2 ± 63.0
	V2	96.6 ± 38.6‡	113.1 ± 57.6	150.6 ± 70.3‡
	V3	103.1 ± 58.9	117.5 ± 48.4	124.6 ± 51.3
TC [mg/dl]	V1	194.4 ± 36.3‡	188.2 ± 34.3§	234.3 ± 61.1‡§
	V2	182.1 ± 34.6	197.6 ± 31.6	204.6 ± 31.8
	V3	187.7 ± 36.2	190.4 ± 32.0	211.3 ± 54.3
LDL-C [mg/dl]	V1	113.9 ± 35.2	111.0 ± 34.7§	138.5 ± 40.2§
	V2	101.1 ± 31.8	122.4 ± 27.8	121.6 ± 28.1
	V3	111.2 ± 45.8	117.7 ± 30.1	133 ± 46.4
HDL-C [mg/dl]	V1	58.5 ± 17.6	58.5 ± 16.6	56.8 ± 18.7
	V2	61.7 ± 17.4†	52.7 ± 17.7†	52.9 ± 15.8
	V3	60.9 ± 17.7†	49.2 ± 10.5†	53.3 ± 18.0

Statistical significance:

^†P <0.05 for PHT vs. DBS comparison;

^‡P <0.05 for PHT vs. POP comparison;

^§P <0.05 for DBS vs. POP comparison.