Table 5

Blood biomarker values (all subjects) before and after the 6 week KEMEPHY diet. Values are expressed in mean and SD.

Pre KEMEPHY diet

Post KEMEPHY diets

p

BUN (mg/dl)

33.8 ± 8.9

33.4 ± 8.4

n.s.

Uric acid (mg/dl)

4.9 ± 1.3

5 ± 1.2

n.s.

VES (mm/hour)

14.2 ± 7.2

12.8 ± 7.4

n.s.

Creatinine (mg/dL)

0.83 ± 0.16

0.78 ± 0.13

n.s.

Total Cholesterol (mg/dl)

204.2 ± 40

181.1 ± 33.4

P < 0.0001

HDLc (mg/dl)

46.2 ± 7.4

52.1 ± 7.4

P < 0.0001

LDLc (mg/dl)

149.7 ± 29.1

135.8 ± 24.8

P < 0.0001

TG (mg/dl)

118.6 ± 59.9

93.8 ± 42.2

P < 0.0001

ALT (U/l)

20.7 ± 9.1

18.2 ± 6.7

n.s.

AST (U/l)

18.4 ± 5.1

17 ± 5

n.s.

GGT (U/l)

21 ± 11

17 ± 5

n.s.

Glucose (mg/dl)

96 ± 12

91 ± 9

P < 0.0001

Paoli et al. Nutrition Journal 2011 10:112   doi:10.1186/1475-2891-10-112