Table 1.

Effect of Allium sativum powder tablets vs. placebo tablets on lipid profile, inflammation, and cardiovascular indexes.

		Garlic (n = 70)		Placebo (n = 70)		Statistical significance of the effect: P (garlic vs. placebo)
		Mean	Std dev	Mean	Std dev
k	Before	5.49	0.67	5.63	0.78	0.247
	After	5.49	0.57	5.57	0.62	0.418
	Change	0.00	0.70	−0.07	0.74	0.617
BUN	Before	70.99	20.99	71.76	17.61	0.814
	After	70.20	19.26	70.16	20.43	0.990
	Change	−0.79	16.46	−1.60	15.89	0.766
Cr	Before	11.05	4.00	12.44	11.89	0.357
	After	10.61	3.45	10.10	3.52	0.393
	Change	−0.28	3.12	−2.34	11.43	0.148
Ca	Before	7.86	0.69	7.86	0.71	0.973
	After	8.19	0.72	8.24	0.92	0.712
	Change	0.21	1.36	1.17	2.50	0.006
Ph	Before	6.10	1.34	6.00	1.27	0.660
	After	5.64	1.31	5.87	1.26	0.304
	Change	−0.46	1.17	−0.14	0.99	0.082
Chol	Before	144.26	31.17	140.44	35.47	0.500
	After	138.51	32.20	137.61	37.41	0.879
	Change	−5.74	20.58	−2.83	14.29	0.332
TG	Before	162.51	96.24	152.56	89.95	0.528
	After	138.37	87.25	145.84	97.21	0.633
	Change	−24.14	30.33	−6.71	49.98	0.014
Na	Before	139.96	6.18	141.04	6.68	0.320
	After	137.59	3.15	138.31	3.48	0.196
	Change	−2.37	6.46	−2.73	7.47	0.763
OXLDL	Before	1376.31	715.92	1260.92	658.17	0.323
	After	676.54	258.93	979.63	408.24	<0.001
	Change	−699.78	685.84	−281.30	594.52	<0.001
TAC	Before	0.92	0.67	0.94	0.66	0.848
	After	1.04	0.70	0.85	0.54	0.068
	Change	0.12	0.74	−0.10	0.64	0.066
HCY	Before	34.46	11.11	36.77	12.72	0.254
	After	27.78	9.79	36.54	11.38	<0.001
	change	−6.68	9.38	−0.24	8.50	<0.001

k: kalium; BUN: blood urea nitrogen; Cr: creatinine; Ca: calcium; Ph: the power of hydrogen; Chol: cholesterol; TG: triglyceride; Na: natrium; OXLDL: oxidized low-density lipoprotein; TAC: total antioxidant capacity; HCY: homocysteine.