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Table 3 Lipid profiles in MetS patients at baseline and post-fasting in two groups a

From: L-carnitine ameliorated fasting-induced fatigue, hunger, and metabolic abnormalities in patients with metabolic syndrome: a randomized controlled study

 

Control group

Carnitine group

ΔP-value

 

Baseline

Post-fasting

P-valueb

Changes

Baseline

Post-fasting

P-valueb

Changes

TC (mmol/L)

5.34 ± 1.14

5.9 ± 1.28

0.004

0.60 ± 0.68

5.38 ± 0.92

5.43 ± 0.66

0.5

0.1 ± 0.52

0.038

TG (mmol/L)

1.69 ± 0.69

1.11 ± 0.39

0.001

-0.58 ± 0.54

1.72 ± 0.77

0.97 ± 0.22

0.006

-0.60 ± 0.65

0.927

HDL-c (mmol/L)

1.15 ± 0.22

1.02 ± 0.24

0.002

-0.13 ± 0.13

1.11 ± 0.26

1.01 ± 0.19

0.019

-0.11 ± 0.15

0.807

LDL-c (mmol/L)

3.72 ± 1.08

4.57 ± 1.19

0.001

0.86 ± 0.79

3.78 ± 0.96

4.24 ± 0.69

0.018

0.54 ± 0.71

0.279

ApoA1 (mg/L)

1.11 ± 0.24

0.93 ± 0.17

0.007

-0.18 ± 0.22

1.32 ± 0.19

1.16 ± 0.17

0.005

-0.15 ± 0.16

0.745

ApoB (mg/L)

0.94 ± 0.25

1.10 ± 0.22

0.002

0.17 ± 0.17

0.96 ± 0.14

1.12 ± 0.15

<0.001

0.19 ± 0.12

0.645

ApoA1/ApoB

1.14 ± 0.23

0.85 ± 0.18

0.002

-0.29 ± 0.29

1.38 ± 0.25

1.03 ± 0.25

0.005

-0.36 ± 0.25

0.481

Lp(a) (mg/L)

273.4 ± 91.39

422.3 ± 144.83

0.003

148.9 ± 163.7

233.4 ± 90.36

362.8 ± 191.68

0.003

135.1 ± 131.7

0.810

  1. Abbreviation: apoA1 apolipoprotein A1, apoB apolipoprotein B, lp(a) lipoprotein (a), HDL-c High density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-c Low density lipoprotein cholesterol, TC Total cholesterol.
  2. aVariables are expressed as mean ± SD.
  3. bP-value was determined by paired test.
  4. Δ P-value was determined by unpaired test between groups in difference.
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Nutrition Journal

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