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Table 2 Lipid and inflammatory parameters before the intervention

From: Effect of yerba mate and green tea on paraoxonase and leptin levels in patients affected by overweight or obesity and dyslipidemia: a randomized clinical trial

Variables

Yerba mate group

Green tea group

Control group

P

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Blood glucose (mg/dL)

96 ± 8.8

96.1 ± 14.9

96.5 ± 17.8

0.980*

Triglycerides (mg/dL)

132.6 ± 71.5

154.5 ± 75.5

143.7 ± 77.5

0.341*

Total Cholesterol (mg/dL)

221.4 ± 31.9

223.3 ± 42.6

221.3 ± 31.5

0.952*

HDL-c (mg/dL)

45.1 ± 12.4

44 ± 11.8

44.9 ± 14

0.907*

Non-HDL Cholesterol (mg/dL)

176.2 ± 29.3

179.3 ± 39.3

183.8 ± 25.2

0.878*

LDL-c (mg/dL)

151 ± 26.1

149.4 ± 34

148.3 ± 28.8

0.914*

TC/HDL-c ratio

5.2 ± 1.44

5.3 ± 1.36

5.2 ± 1.3

0.969*

Insulin (U/mL)

8.6 (6.1 a 11.7)

9.1 (5.4 a 13.8)

8.1 (6.4 a 10.7)

0.837**

SGOT (U/L)

9 (8 a 11)

9 (8 a 11)

9 (7.8 a 11)

0.938**

Creatinine (mg/dL)

0.67 (0.57 a 0.81)

0.68 (0.61 a 0.79)

0.67 (0.62 a 0.80)

0.989**

CRP (mg/dL)

0.16 (0.1 a 0.34)

0.21 (0.1 a 0.37)

0.21 (0.11 a 0.42)

0.695**

  1. * Data presented as mean ± standard deviation, compared by ANOVA
  2. ** Data presented as median (interquartile range), compared by Kruskall-Wallis test
  3. Values of p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant
  4. Abbreviations: HDL-c high density lipoprotein cholesterol, Calculated LDC-c low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, SGOT serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase, CRP high sensitive C-reactive protein