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Table 4 Anthropometric and laboratory parameters in corn oil and flaxseed oil periods

From: Flaxseed oil intake reduces serum small dense low-density lipoprotein concentrations in Japanese men: a randomized, double blind, crossover study

  

Corn oil period

Flaxseed oil period

  

0 week

4 week

12 week

0 week

4 week

12 week

Body weight

(kg)

72.2 ± 2.5

72.0 ± 2.5

72.4 ± 2.6

71.4 ± 2.4

71.9 ± 2.4

72.2 ± 2.5

Systolic blood pressure

(mmHg)

132.4 ± 3.0

132.6 ± 3.3

126.1 ± 2.6

132.9 ± 4.3

134.8 ± 3.9

129.7 ± 3.5

Diastolic blood pressure

(mmHg)

76.4 ± 2.6

77.0 ± 2.2

74.8 ± 2.4

77.6 ± 2.9

81.9 ± 3.2†

75.2 ± 3.0

Fasting plasma glucose

(mg/dl)

102.5 ± 2.5

99.9 ± 2.5

102.5 ± 2.2

101.9 ± 2.2

102.2 ± 1.8

102.1 ± 1.9

HbA1c

(%)

4.9 ± 0.1

4.9 ± 0.1

4.9 ± 0.1

5.0 ± 0.1

4.9 ± 0.1

5.0 ± 0.1

Fasting serum insulin

(μU/ml)

8.5 ± 1.1

9.5 ± 1.4

9.1 ± 1.3

8.3 ± 1.3

9.1 ± 1.1

9.4 ± 1.5

Aspartate aminotransferase

(U/l)

22.5 ± 2.0

21.4 ± 1.8

23.7 ± 1.6

21.0 ± 1.1

20.9 ± 1.1

23.8 ± 1.8

Alanine aminotransferase

(U/l)

27.7 ± 3.7

26.1 ± 3.2

28.4 ± 3.1

23.4 ± 1.8

24.0 ± 2.6

26.3 ± 2.7

γ-glutamyl transpeptidase

(U/l)

48.3 ± 10.8

47.4 ± 10.6

54.8 ± 14.5

45.3 ± 8.2

42.7 ± 8.7

50.7 ± 12.2

Creatinine

(mg/dl)

0.8 ± 0.03

0.8 ± 0.06

0.8 ± 0.04

0.8 ± 0.03

0.8 ± 0.04

0.8 ± 0.04

Urea nitrogen

(mg/dl)

12.6 ± 0.4

12.1 ± 0.8

11.9 ± 0.4

12.0 ± 0.5

11.1 ± 0.5

12.0 ± 0.6

alpha-tocopherol

(μmol/l)

27.0 ± 1.5

27.6 ± 1.4

27.6 ± 1.4

26.7 ± 1.7

26.0 ± 1.6

26.3 ± 1.6

  1. Values are means ± SE, n = 15.
  2. †; p <0.05 vs. corn oil, paired t test.