Lipids in Health and Disease

Table 4 Change of blood parameter

From: Compared with the intake of commercial vegetable juice, the intake of fresh fruit and komatsuna (Brassica rapa L. var. perviridis) juice mixture reduces serum cholesterol in middle-aged men: a randomized controlled pilot study

	Control group (n = 8)			Intervention group (n = 8)
	Baseline	After 4 weeks		Baseline	After 4 weeks
	Mean ± S.D.	Mean ± S.D.	p	Mean ± S.D.	Mean ± S.D.	p
Glucose (mg/dL)	95 ± 6	96 ± 6	0.359	100 ± 7	96 ± 10	0.106
Hemoglobin A1c (%)	5.3 ± 0.3	5.3 ± 0.3	0.589	5.7 ± 0.8	5.6 ± 0.4	0.526
Triacylglycerol (mg/dL)	121 ± 82	160 ± 118	0.080	122 ± 47	121 ± 49	1.000
Free fatty acid (μEq/L)	586 ± 526	451 ± 132	0.779	497 ± 184	379 ± 54	0.069
T-Chol (mg/dL)	210 ± 38	210 ± 33	0.833	220 ± 28	211 ± 27	0.017*
HDL-Chol (mg/dL)	50 ± 12	51 ± 15	0.570	53 ± 15	53 ± 13	0.799
LDL-Chol (mg/dL)	136 ± 36	127 ± 23	0.262	143 ± 27	134 ± 23	0.017*
Insulin (μIU/mL)	8.72 ± 11.40	10.80 ± 14.77	0.161	7.39 ± 8.42	9.42 ± 13.03	0.327
Vitamin C (μg/mL)	2.38 ± 1.14	1.82 ± 0.83	0.441	1.76 ± 0.49	1.80 ± 0.44	0.726
Leptin (pg/mL)	236 ± 301	214 ± 255	0.401	129 ± 99	161 ± 185	1.000
Adiponectin (μg/mL)	13.2 ± 13.8	13.3 ± 13.9	1.000	8.2 ± 5.9	8.3 ± 5.7	0.866
HOMA-IR	2.10 ± 2.83	2.69 ± 3.87	0.655	1.92 ± 2.38	2.44 ± 3.71	0.144
Arteriosclerotic Index	3.49 ± 1.58	3.55 ± 1.87	0.779	3.48 ± 1.59	3.16 ± 1.05	0.327

Data shows mean ± S.D.
Abbreviation: T-Chol Total cholesterol, HDL-Chol High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-Chol Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HOMA-IR Homeostasis model of assessment of insulin resistance.
Baseline vs After 4 weeks, Wilcoxon signed rank test, *p < 0.05.

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