Table 3 Change of blood lipids and weight during the study (in%, SD inbrackets)

Baseline - 4 weeks

Total cholesterol

0.9 (2.3)

−4.2 (1.8)

NS

−0.6 (2.1)

−2.6 (2.1)

NS

0.4 (17.0)

1.4 (16.4)

−6.0 (12.4)

−2.6 (13.9)

LDL

1.5 (20.4)

−5.3 (17.6)

NS*

−2.5 (20.3)

−1.1 (18.4)

NS*

2.4 (19.3)

0.6 (21.8)

−5.1 (16.9)

−5.5 (18.5)

HDL

1.1 (2.2)

−2.1 (1.5)

NS

2.8 (1.8)

−3.8 (1.9)

0.0263

−2.8 (16.8)

5.0 (15.0)

−5.1 (9.4)

0.6 (11.4)

LDL/HDL

1.7 (20.9)

−2.6 (18.7)

NS*

−4.5 (18.9)

3.9 (20.2)

0.0293*

6.9 (20.9)

−3.5 (19.9)

0.6 (19.2)

−5.4 (18.2)

Triglycerides

1.1 (29.3)

−1.2 (30.3)

NS*

−2.0 (29.2)

2.1 (30.4)

NS*

4.3 (29.6)

−2.1 (29.2)

−0.4 (31.6)

−1.9 (29.7)

Lp (a)

1.6 (21.3)

9.0 (32.7)

NS*

5.6 (25.7)

4.9 (29.7)

NS*

0.8 (23.9)

2.5 (18.7)

9.4 (35.1)

8.5 (31.1)

Weight/BMI

0.0 (1.4)

−0.7 (1.8)

0.0253*

−0.1 (1.5)

−0.6 (1.8)

NS*

−0.4 (1.4)

0.4 (1.3)

−0.8 (2.1)

−0.7 (1.5)

Baseline - 20 weeks

Total cholesterol

3.6 (2.2)

−2.4 (2.0)

0.0238

−0.9 (2.0)

2.4 (2.3)

NS

7.2 (17.6)

0.5 (13.8)

−2.5 (13.0)

−2.3 (15.4)

LDL

4.4 (23.3)

−3.2 (19.1)

0.0296*

−3.3 (20.5)

5.1 (22.1)

NS*

11.7 (25.2)

−2.0 (20.0)

−1.5 (16.4)

−4.6 (21.4)

HDL

2.1 (1.9)

2.0 (1.9)

NS

4.2 (1.9)

−0.3 (1.9)

NS

−1.5 (12.9)

5.3 (14.4)

0.9 (13.5)

3.0 (13.1)

LDL/HDL

4.3 (28.0)

−4.1 (20.6)

0.0242*

−6.1 (20.8)

7.3 (27.2)

0.0049*

15.7 (30.8)

−5.5 (21.3)

−1.1 (20.5)

−6.7 (20.7)

Triglycerides

7.0 (35.7)

−6.2 (34.7)

0.0361*

−3.9 (31.8)

5.5 (39.4)

NS*

14.6 (38.3)

0.6 (32.6)

−3.5 (39.1)

−8.7 (30.9)

Lp (a)

5.0 (28.6)

9.4 (29.6)

NS*

6.9 (25.3)

7.9 (33.0)

NS*

−2.1 (27.3)

11.8 (29.0)

16.9 (35.7)

2.6 (21.3)

Weight/BMI

−0.1 (2.4)

−0.9 (2.9)

NS

−0.1 (2.8)

−0.8 (2.4)

NS

−0.8 (2.0)

0.6 (2.6)

−0.9 (2.9)

−0.9 (2.9)