From: Short-term LDL cholesterol-lowering efficacy of plant stanol esters
Experimental period | Follow-up period | |||||||
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0 day | 4 days | 8 days | 15 days | 17 or 18 days | 22 days | P1 | P2 | |
Squalene/TC | 0.49 ± 0.12 | 0.46 ± 0.14 | 0.55 ± 0.20 | 0.51± 0.12 | 0.46 ± 0.14 | 0.48 ± 0.20 | 0.390 | 0.662 |
Δ8-cholestenol/TC | 0.22 ± 0.09 | 0.22 ± 0.09 | 0.24 ± 0.06 | 0.25 ± 0.08 | 0.24 ± 0.07 | 0.23 ± 0.07 | 0.101 | 0.280 |
Δ7-lathosterol/TC | 1.67 ± 0.58 | 1.75 ± 0.60 | 1.89 ± 0.34 | 1.98 ± 0.48a | 1.86 ± 0.46 | 1.71 ± 0.45 | 0.012 | 0.116 |
Desmosterol/TC | 1.05 ± 0.26 | 1.01 ± 0.18 | 1.09 ± 0.15 | 1.13 ± 0.14 | 1.04 ± 0.15b | 1.06 ± 0.13 | 0.026 | 0.018 |
Campesterol/TC | 2.86 ± 0.89 | 2.58 ± 0.81c | 2.38 ± 0.69a | 2.14 ± 0.58c | 2.44 ± 0.59d | 2.57 ± 0.65e | 0.001 | <0.001 |
Sitosterol/TC | 1.42 ± 0.50 | 1.28 ± 0.45a | 1.16 ± 0.38c | 1.04 ± 0.34c | 1.17 ± 0.36d | 1.28 ± 0.39d | 0.004* | <0.001* |
Avenasterol/TC | 0.49 ± 0.13 | 0.44 ± 0.12f | 0.45 ± 0.11 | 0.42 ± 0.07f | 0.44 ± 0.10 | 0.44 ± 0.12 | 0.013 | 0.336 |
Campestanol/TC | 0.02 ± 0.08 | 0.04 ± 0.02f | 0.07 ± 0.03c | 0.07 ± 0.02c | 0.05 ± 0.02b | 0.03 ± 0.09d | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Sitostanol/TC | 0.08 ± 0.04 | 0.13 ± 0.07a | 0.16 ± 0.05c | 0.18 ± 0.04c | 0.15 ± 0.04e | 0.12 ± 0.04d | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Cholestanol/TC | 1.32 ± 0.26 | 1.30 ± 0.27 | 1.39 ± 0.24 | 1.30 ± 0.23 | 1.32 ± 0.28 | 1.31 ± 0.28 | 0.185 | 0.517 |