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. 2021 Dec 9;12:787797. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.787797

Table 2.

TC, TG, HDL-C, LDL-C, and non-HDL-C changes between groups and treatment periods.

Control group (n = 93) Oat group (n = 94) p-value between groups
TC (mmol/L)
Baseline (Day 0) 5.65 ± 0.32 5.66 ± 0.33 0.928
Day 30 5.48 ± 0.56 5.34 ± 0.57 0.113
Day 45 5.43 ± 0.54 5.22 ± 0.55 0.011
p-value within group (Day 0 vs. Day 30) 0.002 <0.001
p-value within group (Day 0 vs. Day 45) 0.001 <0.001
TG (mmo/L)
Baseline (Day 0) 1.25 ± 0.45 1.30 ± 0.45 0.395
Day 30 1.37 ± 0.54 1.36 ± 0.64 0.972
Day 45 1.35 ± 0.57 1.30 ± 0.51 0.538
p-value within group (Day 0 vs. Day 30) 0.054 0.236
p-value within group (Day 0 vs. Day 45) 0.101 0.808
LDL-C (mmol/L)
Baseline (Day 0) 3.32 ± 0.45 3.41 ± 0.41 0.154
Day 30 3.20 ± 0.58 3.15 ± 0.59 0.553
Day 45 3.21 ± 0.56 3.10 ± 0.50 0.166
p-value within group (Day 0 vs. Day 30) 0.072 <0.001
p-value within group (Day 0 vs. Day 45) 0.083 <0.001
HDL-C (mmol/L)
Baseline (Day 0) 1.61 ± 0.36 1.61 ± 0.33 0.934
Day 30 1.57 ± 0.37 1.55 ± 0.35 0.798
Day 45 1.58 ± 0.35 1.55 ± 0.33 0.558
p-value within group (Day 0 vs. Day 30) 0.104 0.082
p-value within group (Day 0 vs. Day 45) 0.216 0.073
Non-HDL-C (mmol/L)
Baseline (Day 0) 4.04 ± 0.42 4.05 ± 0.37 0.885
Day 30 3.91 ± 0.86 3.80 ± 0.69 0.508
Day 45 3.85 ± 0.75 3.67 ± 0.76 0.049
p-value within group (Day 0 vs. Day 30) 0.006 <0.001
p-value within group (Day 0 vs. Day 45) 0.001 <0.001

Data are expressed by mean ± SD. Independent-Samples t-test was used for comparisons between groups. Paired-Samples t-test was used for comparisons within group.