Low and moderate-fat plant sterol fortified soymilk in modulation of plasma lipids and cholesterol kinetics in subjects with normal to high cholesterol concentrations: report on two randomized crossover studies

Table 2 Baseline characteristics of subjects who completed the studies^a

	*Study 1* ^b	*Study 2* ^c
Characteristic	Mean ± SE	Mean ± SE
Anthropometric measurements
Age (years)	43.00 ± 2.37	43.9 ± 0.3
Height (m)	1.68 ± 1.83	1.66 ± 0.02
Initial body weight (kg)	83.21 ± 3.37	82.8 ± 4.0
Initial BMI (kg/m²)	29.08 ± 0.97	30.0 ± 1.5
Plasma lipids (mg/dl)
Total cholesterol	210.36 ± 5.80	249.80 ± 11.60
LDL-cholesterol	129.54 ± 5.03	163.57 ± 8.12
HDL-cholesterol	47.56 ± 2.32	49.11 ± 2.70
Triglycerides	165.63 ± 15.05	206.37 ± 34.54

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