Table 1.

Lactobacillus plantarum caffeic acid dietary regimen compared with the standard control diet

	Control	L. Plantarum-Caffeic Acid Treated	P Value
Glucose, mg/dL*	246 ± 40.60	246.67 ± 48.56	0.53
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	87.71429 ± 12.34868	88.33333 ± 5.374838	0.70
LDL cholesterol, mg/dL	42 ± 6.68	42.67 ± 2.43	0.86
HDL cholesterol, mg/dL	39.14 ± 4.82	39.33 ± 3.14	0.86
Triglycerides, mg/dL	20.43 ± 7.91	18.83 ± 8.19	0.81
Albumin, g/dL	3.1 ± 0.32	3.1 ± 0.29	0.86
ALT, U/L	53.43 ± 7.29	52.5 ± 8.52	0.75
GGT, U/L	29.83 ± 8.29	39.4 ± 12.47	0.45
BUN, mg/dL	9.29 ± 1.39	10.5 ± 3.64	0.56
Thyroxine, µg/dL	3.44 ± 0.57	3.42 ± 0.33	0.81

Values are means ± SE. ALT, alanine transferase; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; GGT, γ-glutamyl transferase; HDL, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. *Glucose measured following administration of 0.5 mg/kg-glucose tolerance test. There were no significant differences in metabolic parameters attributable to the L. plantarum-caffeic acid dietary regimen compared with the standard (control) diet.