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Table 1 Characteristics of the subjects at baseline1

From: Cholesterol lowering effect of a soy drink enriched with plant sterols in a French population with moderate hypercholesterolemia

Variable

Control soy drink (n = 25)

Soy drink enriched with plant sterols (n = 25)

p

BMI (kg/m2)

23.94 ± 3.45

24.32 ± 3.10

0.2935

Systolic blood pressure(mmHg)

122.84 ± 10.64

120.76 ± 10.97

0.3591

Diastolic blood pressure(mmHg)

75.12 ± 8.09

78.04 ± 7.81

0.1699

Total cholesterol (mmol/l)

6.24 ± 0.77

6.42 ± 0.68

0.1429

Non-HDL-C (mmol/l)

4.67 ± 0.20

4.81 ± 0.57

0.2020

LDL-C (mmol/l)

4.10 ± 0.64

4.21 ± 0.52

0.1343

HDL-C (mmol/l)

1.57 ± 0.33

1.61 ± 0.38

0.3891

  1. 1 All values are means ± SD