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Table 7 Weight, BMI, systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol (LDL), HDL cholesterol (HDL), triacylglycerol (TAG) and C-Reactive Protein (CRP) of study participants at baseline and post-intervention in SO and RLO treatment groups (n = 23 participants in each group)

From: Increased EPA levels in serum phospholipids of humans after four weeks daily ingestion of one portion chicken fed linseed and rapeseed oil

 

SO group (n = 23)

RLO group (n = 23)

P§

P

 

Baseline

Post-intervention

Baseline

Post-intervention

  
 

Mean

SEM

Mean

SEM

Mean

SEM

Mean

SEM

  

Weight (kg)

68.39

2.15

68.57

2.15

70.90

2.53

71.31

2.52

0.453

0.414

BMI (kg/m2)

23.11

0.57

23.17

0.57

23.89

0.77

24.02

0.77

0.419

0.376

SBP (mmHg)

116.7

2.30

115.5

1.93

119.9

2.42

117.9

2.15

0.399

0.366

DBP (mmHg)

73.63

1.60

70.7

1.40

73.2

1.84

71.3

1.84

0.503

0.903

Cholesterol (mmol/l)

4.72

0.20

4.59

0.18

4.87

0.13

4.68

0.13

0.529

0.681

LDL (mmol/l)

2.95

0.17

2.88

0.16

3.13

0.15

3.05

0.12

0.407

0.408

HDL (mmol/l)

1.65

0.06

1.61

0.07

1.66

0.08

1.60

0.08

0.966

0.902

TAG (mmol/l)

1.10

0.08

1.10

0.13

1.06

0.09

1.06

0.10

0.739

0.810

CRP (mg/l)

1.99

0.62

2.53

0.68

2.06

0.69

2.38

0.64

0.944

0.872

  1. §Significance in mean values between groups at baseline.
  2. ¶ Significance in mean values between groups after the 4 week intervention period.