Low-Fat Nondairy Minidrink Containing Plant Stanol Ester Effectively Reduces LDL Cholesterol in Subjects with Mild to Moderate Hypercholesterolemia as Part of a Western Diet

Table 2

Nutrient intakes during the intervention.

	Control group (𝑛=29)		STAEST group (𝑛=27)		𝑃^a
	Baseline	Intervention	Baseline	Intervention
Energy (MJ/d)	7.4±0.3	7.9±0.4	7.3±0.3	7.0±0.3	0.267
Fat (% of energy)^b	32.5±1.1	34.6±1.3	34.4±1.2	37.2±1.6	0.668
SFA (% of energy)	12.4±0.5	13.1±0.6	13.0±0.7	13.9±0.8	0.862
MUFA (% of energy)	12.4±0.5	12.9±0.5	12.7±0.5	14.0±0.8	0.340
PUFA (% of energy)	4.8±0.3	5.5±0.3	5.0±0.3	5.4±0.3	0.741
Proteins (% of energy)	15.9±0.5	16.1±0.5	16.3±0.5	14.9±0.4^c	0.029
Carbohydrates (% of energy)	42.2±1.2	40.8±1.0	40.6±1.1	39.2±1.3	0.766
Alcohol (% of energy)	3.6±0.9	2.8±0.6	3.2±0.6	4.0±0.8	0.215
Total fiber (g/d)	20.0±1.1	20.6±1.0	20.6±1.4	17.7±1.1^c,d	0.032
Total fiber (g/MJ)	2.8±0.2	2.7±0.2	2.8±0.2	2.5±0.1	0.362

All values are means ± SEM. Intervention values do not contain the nutrient intake from the test minidrink. MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acids; SFA: saturated fatty acids; and STAEST: plant stanol ester.
Baseline values did not differ significantly between the groups for any of the variables.
aGroup by time interaction (repeated measured variance of analysis (general linear model)).
^b𝑃<0.05, significant change over time.
^c𝑃<0.05 significantly different from baseline.
^d𝑃<0.05 significantly different from control.