Table 1

Baseline Demographic and Clinical Data


Treatment
Placebo
P value

n (female/male)
35 (22/13)
40 (28/12)
0.513
Age (yr)
44.5 ± 2.2
45.3 ± 2.0
0.796
Blood pressure (systolic/diastolic, mmHg)
121/69 ± 2.2/1.4
121.6/67.1 ± 1.9/1.5
0.868/0.760
Weight (kg)
81.8 ± 2.8
79.6 ± 2.9
0.598
Total Cholesterol (mmol/L)
6.2 ± 0.1
6.2 ± 0.1
0.976
Triglyceride (mmol/L)*
1.9 ± 0.1
1.9 ± 0.2
0.989
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)
1.4 ± 0.06
1.3 ± 0.05
0.806
LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)**
4.1 ± 0.1
4.2 ± 0.1
0.651
Cholesterol/HDL ratio
4.8 ± 0.2
4.8 ± 0.2
0.981
C-Reactive protein (mg/dL)
0.35 ± 0.08
0.38 ± .06
0.817
Homocysteine (μmol/L)
8.0 ± 0.3
7.9 ± 0.3
0.861
Insulin (pmol/L)
56.2 ± 4.2
68.1 ± 9.0
0.273
Glucose (mmol/L)
5.4 ± 0.3
5.3 ± 0.1
0.840

Data are means ± SEM.

* Excludes one subject in the Placebo group with fasting triglycerides > 400 mg/dL.

** Excludes two subjects in the Placebo group with fasting triglycerides > 400 mg/dL

Queenan et al. Nutrition Journal 2007 6:6   doi:10.1186/1475-2891-6-6