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Table 1 Characteristics of the participants at baseline

From: A dietary cholesterol challenge study to assess Chlorella supplementation in maintaining healthy lipid levels in adults: a double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled study

 

Placebo group (n = 17)

Chlorella group (n = 17)

P-value

Age, y

23.7 ± 0.8

23.2 ± 0.6

0.639

Female/Male, n

15/2

15/2

1.000

BMI, kg/m2

19.7 ± 0.5

20.7 ± 0.4

0.130

SBP, mmHg

106.4 ± 2.4

104.4 ± 2.3

0.557

DBP, mmHg

63.8 ± 1.9

64.6 ± 1.7

0.737

Fasting serum levels, mmol/L

 TC

4.24 ± 0.16

4.38 ± 0.12

0.495

 TG

0.76 ± 0.07

0.83 ± 0.08

0.678

 LDL-C

2.28 ± 0.11

2.49 ± 0.11

0.186

 HDL-C

1.58 ± 0.08

1.55 ± 0.06

0.737

  1. Values are the means ± SEMs (all such values). P-values are for Student’s t-test or Fisher’s exact test used to compare the between-group differences. BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, TC total cholesterol, TG triglycerides, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol
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