Daily egg consumption in hyperlipidemic adults - Effects on endothelial function and cardiovascular risk

Nutrition Journal

Table 3 Acute Phase: Mean change in Outcome Measures after Treatment Assignment

Variable	Egg (n = 40)	Sausage & Cheese (n = 40)	p-value
Baseline Brachial Artery Diameter (mm)	4.0 ± 0.8	4.0 ± 0.7	0.79*
Flow Mediated Dilatation (%)
Baseline	5.9 ± 4.6	5.2 ± 3.6	0.45*
Post-prandial	6.3 ± 5.3	5.6 ± 4.5
Change	0.4 ± 1.9 (P = 0.22)	0.4 ± 2.4 (P = 0.34)	0.99
Adjusted change†	0.3 ± 2.1 (P = 0.46)	0.4 ± 2.1 (P = 0.31)	0.84
Stimulus adjusted response measure
Baseline	0.10 ± 0.12	0.06 ± 0.06	0.05*
Post-prandial	0.08 ± 0.09	0.07 ± 0.06
Change	-0.02 ± 0.11 (P = 0.31)	0.00 ± 0.08 (P = 0.89)	0.35

Values are mean ± SD; p-value obtained from ANOVA for repeated measurements except otherwise stated; Change = Post-prandial - Baseline; *p-value obtain from Student's t-test; p-values in parenthesis indicate within-group p-values; † obtained from generalized linear models, controlling for age, blood pressure, LDL and BMI

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