Table 4.

Lipid profile and cardio-risk ratio of participants before and after intervention

Variable	Period	FiberCreme group (n=27)	Control group (n=6)	MD between group	95% CI
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	Before (mean±SD)	146.86±67.44	156.48±67.36	−9.61	−26.04 to 47.15
	After (mean±SD)	131.32±50.14	165.37±65.99	−34.05	−2.90 to 74.38
	MD within groups	−15.55	8.89
	95% CI	0.33 to 30.77	−35.28 to 17.50
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	Before (mean±SD)	214.68±22.61	212.96±39.90	1.72	−18.12 to 3.53
	After (mean±SD)	192.84±22.26	199.65±53.66	−6.80	−13.41 to 26.14
	MD within groups	−21.84	−13.32
	95% CI	13.40 to 30.28	−3.90 to 30.53
LDL-C (mg/dL)	Before (mean±SD)	128.70±19.56	138.70±33.56	−10	−6.36 to 26.94
	After (mean±SD)	128.94±21.73	137.05±33.14	−8.10	−8.32 to 24.96
	MD within groups	0.24	−1.65
	95% CI	−5.41 to 4.92	−3.33 to 6.63
HDL-C (mg/dL)	Before (mean±SD)	51.70±12.23	45.52±10.42	6.17	−12.55 to −0.82
	After (mean±SD)	51.53±12.76	43.18±9.11	8.35	−14.96 to −2.72
	MD within groups	−0.16	−2.34
	95% CI	−1.27 to 1.59	−0.11 to 4.79
Cardio-risk ratio (cholesterol/HDL-C)	Before (mean±SD)	4.36±1.04	4.88±1.30	−0.52	−0.08 to 1.18
	After (mean±SD)	3.94±0.93	4.76±1.55	−0.82	0.18 to 1.50
	MD within groups	−0.42	−0.12
	95% CI	0.23 to 0.61	−0.38 to 0.62

Data within and between groups compared with ANOVA test. Data are presented as mean and standard deviation with a 95% confidence interval (CI).

Significant difference at P<0.05.

MD, mean deviation; CI, confidence interval; SD, standard deviation; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol.