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Table 5 Effects of the 12-week dietary intervention

From: Effects of butter from mountain-pasture grazing cows on risk markers of the metabolic syndrome compared with conventional Danish butter: a randomized controlled study

 

Grazing (n=20)

Conventional (n=18)

Total cholesterol, (mmol/L)

5.9 ± 0.10

5.8 ± 0.11

LDL cholesterol, (mmol/L)

3.4 ± 0.09

3.3 ± 0.09

HDL cholesterol, (mmol/L)

1.5 ± 0.04

1.4 ± 0.04

Triacylglycerol, (mmol/L)

1.2 ± 1.08

1.1 ± 1.09

hsCRP, (mg/L)

0.8 ± 1.36

0.6 ± 1.41

Insulin, (pmol/L)

32.0 ± 1.11

30.0 ± 1.12

C-peptide, (pmol/L)

586.1 ± 1.05

582.1 ± 1.05

Glucose, (mmol/L)

5.6 ± 1.01

5.7 ± 1.02

Phytanic acid, (μM)

3.6 ± 0.17

3.3 ± 0.18

  1. All values are means ± SE. hsCRP high sensitive C-reactive protein, Grazing milk from grazing cows, Conventional milk from conventionally fed cows. No significant differences between the two diet groups were found (ANCOVA).