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Table 4 Baseline, intervention and post-intervention lipid concentrations and MP densities for case study participant

From: The relation between serum lipids and lutein and zeaxanthin in the serum and retina: results from cross-sectional, case-control and case study designs

Phase

15-min MP density

30-min MP density

1-deg MP density

1.75-deg MP density

TC (mmol/L)

HDL (mmol/L)

LDL (mmol/L)

TC:HDL (mmol/L)

LDL:HDL (mmol/L)

AS Baseline

0.834

0.65

0.37

0.17

5.85 ± 0.33

1.27 ± 0.12

4.15 ± 0.26

4.64

3.29

AS intervention

0.843

0.59

0.35

0.07

3.86 ± 0.35

1.39 ± 0.06

2.08 ± 0.45

2.8

1.50

AS post-intervention

0.84

0.65

0.38

0.17

4.45 ± 0.25

1.37 ± 0.10

2.65 ± 0.24

3.28

1.94

Two-year wash-out period

RS Baseline

0.956

0.728

0.408

0.17

4.71 ± 0.56

1.31 ± 0.12

2.90 ± 0.69

3.62

2.25

RS intervention

1.005

0.77

0.485

0.20

3.60 ± 0.31

1.43 ± 0.13

1.91 ± 0.34

2.65

1.35

RS post-intervention

1.06

0.72

0.51

0.26

4.95 ± 0.0

1.22 ± 0.0

3.42 ± 0.0

4.1

2.80

  1. AS = atorvastatin; RS = rosuvastatin
  2. Values expressed as means ± SD
  3. *given the fact that there were no significant differences in MP density during the intervention, only one post-intervention was taken