The acute effect of incorporating lettuce or watercress into a moderately high-fat meal on postprandial lipid, glycemic response, and plasma inflammatory cytokines in healthy young men: a randomized crossover trial

Table 3 Maximum value of plasma lipid and glycemic markers after the consumption of control, lettuce or watercress meals in healthy subjects

	Control	Lettuce	Watercress	P value¹
TG (mg/dL)
Max	121.8 ± 15.4	111.3 ± 13.2	108.2 ± 12.1	0.320
Max-baseline difference	44.5 ± 8.1	38.8 ± 5.2	29.6 ± 5.3	0.196
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)
Max	155.8 ± 6.9	160.9 ± 6.8	161.3 ± 7.1	0.146
Max-baseline difference	17.2 ± 2.0	19.7 ± 2.1	19.7 ± 3.2	0.619
HDL-C (mg/dL)
Max	43.7 ± 2.2	44.2 ± 3.2	46.4 ± 2.0	0.380
Max-baseline difference	2.8 ± 0.5	1.9 ± 2.6	4.5 ± 0.7	0.436
LDL-C (mg/dL)
Max	85.1 ± 5.4	87.8 ± 5.6	88.7 ± 5.5	0.309
Max-baseline difference	7.7 ± 1.2	8.7 ± 1.5	8.8 ± 1.5	0.773
Glucose (mg/dL)
Max	105.1 ± 2.9	100.2 ± 2.1	101.7 ± 6.9	0.559
Max-baseline difference	9.5 ± 1.9	7.4 ± 2.0	8.5 ± 6.7	0.802
Insulin (μIU/mL)
Max	43.8 ± 4.7 ^a	33.5 ± 4.9 ^b	42.8 ± .4 ^ab	0.038
Max-baseline difference	41.9 ± 4.4 ^a	29.5 ± 4.3 ^b	39.3 ± 3.9 ^ab	0.019

Values are means ± standard errors
¹ Data were analyzed by repeated-measure ANOVA. Labeled values without a common letter differ, P < 0.05. HDL-C High-density-lipoproteins cholesterol, LDL-C Low-density-lipoproteins cholesterol, TG Triglycerides

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