Lipids in Health and Disease

Table 4 Plasma total cholesterol level: effectiveness of treatments

From: The use of a Cissus quadrangularis/Irvingia gabonensis combination in the management of weight loss: a double-blind placebo-controlled study

	Total cholesterol (mean mg/dL)				Change (%)
	Initial	4 weeks	8 weeks	10 weeks	4 Weeks-Initial	8 Weeks-Initial	10 Weeks-Initial
Placebo	146.20 ± 38.14	140.40 ± 11.11	150.06 ± 13.20	149.47 ± 19.16	-3.965	2.64	2.23
CQ	150.34 ± 21.24	122.31 ± 15.56^b	116.40 ± 17.30^b	110.21 ± 9.34^b	-18.64^†	-22.57^†	-26.69^†
CQ-IG	153.21 ± 20.21	108.45 ± 18.21^b **	89.48 ± 10.66^b ***	85.33 ± 7.80^b ***	-29.21^†	-41.59^†	-44.30^†

^ap < 0.05; ^bp < 0.001; ^cp < 0.0001 compared with Placebo
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.001; ***p < 0.0001 compared with CQ
^†p < 0.05; ^‡p < 0.001 compared with Initial; intra-group analysis

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