Table 2.

Differences between baseline and final measurements

	RYR	Placebo	P-value
TG (mg/dL), mean [95% CI]	[− 6, 19]	-1 [−12, 11]	0.386
Total cholesterol (mg/dL), mean [95% CI]	−10.26 [− 16.05, − 4.47]	−1.33 [− 6.27, 3.6]	0.019
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL), mean [95% CI]	−5.09 [−9.66, − 0.52]	− 0.73 [− 5.43, 3.98]	0.187
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL), mean [95% CI])	−2.19 [−4.2, − 0.18]	0.53 [− 1.8, 2.86]	0.083
Hs-CRP (mg/dL), mean [95% CI]	0.28 [−0.24, 0.8]	− 0.09 [− 0.67, 0.48]	0.336

RYR Red yeast rice, CI Confidence interval, TG Triglyceride, LDL Low-density lipoprotein, HDL High-density lipoprotein, Hs-CRP High-sensitivity C-reactive protein