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Table 1 Baseline characteristics for the 14 healthy subjects participating in the 4 week intervention1

From: Effect of dairy fat on plasma phytanic acid in healthy volunteers - a randomized controlled study

 

Treatment

 

Control group

(n = 5)

Phytanic acid group

(n = 9)

Women, n

2

6

Age, y

31.6 ± 10.3 (20-42)

28.3 ± 5.2 (21-36)

Height, cm

174.6 ± 12.8 (158-190)

171.5 ± 6.9 (162.5-181.5)

Weight, kg

68.7 ± 10.9 (56.1-80.25)

65.5 ± 9.5 (54.20-82.95)

BMI, kg/m2

22.4 ± 1.7 (20.36-24.5)

22.2 ± 2.1 (19.7-26.2)

Phytanic acid, μM

3.35 ± 1.49 (1.75-5.41)

2.93 ± 0.85 (1.89-4.12)

Glucose, mmol/L

5.53 ± 0.6 (5.11-6.58)

5.29 ± 0.33 (4.81-5.88)

Insulin, pmol/L

22.68 ± 11.88 (7.2-39.1)

29.86 ± 24.58 (7.2-86.6)

TAG, mmol/L

0.76 ± 0.35 (0.44-1.31)

0.88 ± 0.22 (0.63-1.32)

Total CH, mmol/L

4.22 ± 1.01 (3.14-5.38)

4.23 ± 0.83 (2.92-5.87)

LDL CH, mmol/L

2.39 ± 0.72 (1.67-3.24)

2.35 ± 0.54 (1.7-3.55)

HDL CH, mmol/L

1.41 ± 0.3 (1.04-1.83)

1.47 ± 0.3 (0.91-1.91)

CRP, mg/L

0.54 ± 0.96 (0,05-2.26)

1.25 ± 0.86 (0.05-2.62)

  1. 1Values are mean ± SD; range in parentheses. CPR, C-reactive protein; CH, Cholesterol; TAG, Triacylglycerol. There were no significant differences between baseline values in the 2 groups (ANCOVA).