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Table 5 Changes in serum lipids and lipid-related proteins 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

Total cholesterol

(mg/dl)

212.2 ± 7.7

204.9 ± 7.0

216.9 ± 7.7

210.1 ± 5.8

204.8 ± 6.7

202.3 ± 7.3†

LDL-cholesterol

(mg/dl)

135.3 ± 7.8

127.4 ± 7.3

137.9 ± 7.7

131.2 ± 6.1

126.3 ± 6.3

127.7 ± 7.2†

HDL-cholesterol

(mg/dl)

51.0 ± 2.3

51.8 ± 2.0

54.9 ± 3.0

53.3 ± 3.0

53.7 ± 2.7

49.2 ± 2.7†

non HDL-cholesterol

(mg/dl)

161.2 ± 8.0

153.1 ± 7.0

162.0 ± 7.8

156.9 ± 6.6

151.1 ± 6.9

153.1 ± 7.0†

Triglyceride

(mg/dl)

139.5 ± 13.7

141.3 ± 13.9

127.0 ± 17.0

126.1 ± 11.1

134.3 ± 15.2

112.9 ± 9.1

RLP-cholesterol

(mg/dl)

5.1 ± 0.5

5.0 ± 0.4

4.8 ± 0.6

4.4 ± 0.3

5.0 ± 0.5

4.1 ± 0.2

CETP

(μg/ml)

2.0 ± 0.1

2.0 ± 0.1

1.9 ± 0.1

1.9 ± 0.1

1.9 ± 0.1

1.8 ± 0.1*†

apoA-1

(mg/dl)

133.7 ± 5.7

133.7 ± 5.6

136.3 ± 5.1

135.1 ± 6.0

136.5 ± 5.9

129.1 ± 6.2†

apoB

(mg/dl)

106.6 ± 6.0

102.7 ± 5.1

106.7 ± 5.3

105.5 ± 4.9

101.4 ± 4.8

100.5 ± 5.0†

apoC-3

(mg/dl)

10.5 ± 0.6

10.7 ± 0.7

10.4 ± 0.7

9.9 ± 0.5

10.2 ± 0.6

9.6 ± 0.5

apoE

(mg/dl)

4.2 ± 0.2

4.2 ± 0.2

4.3 ± 0.3

4.3 ± 0.2

4.1 ± 0.3

3.9 ± 0.2

apoB48

(mg/dl)

3.8 ± 0.5

3.7 ± 0.5

3.8 ± 0.5

3.0 ± 0.4

3.7 ± 0.5

3.6 ± 0.6

  1. Values are means ± SE, n = 15.
  2. RLP-cholesterol; remnant like particles-cholesterol, CETP; cholesteryl ester transfer protein.
  3. *; p <0.05 vs. baseline, repeated-measures ANOVA with Bonferroni correction, †; p <0.05 vs. corn oil, paired t test.