Table 8.

Correlation between patients’ age, gender and cholesterol profiles during the trial.

Variables	Control Group			Experimental Group
	Cholesterol, mg/dL
	Total	LDL	HDL	Total	LDL	HDL
	Difference T0–T1 (inpatient period)
Age
Correlation coefficient	−0.149	−0.158	0.070	−0.163	−0.181	−0.332
Significance (two-tailed)	0.556	0.531	0.784	0.518	0.472	0.178
Gender
Correlation coefficient	0.209	0.165	0.231	−0.209	−0.318	−0.055
Significance (two-tailed)	0.406	0.513	0.357	0.406	0.198	0.829
	Difference T0–T2 (outpatient period)
Age
Correlation coefficient	−0.213	−0.194	−0.216	–0.119	−0.175	−0.137
Significance (two-tailed)	0.396	0.440	0.390	0.638	0.488	0.587
Gender
Correlation coefficient	−0.055	−0.165	0.022	−0.209	−0.253	−0.286
Significance (two-tailed)	0.829	0.514	0.931	0.406	0.312	0.250