Effects of a Dietary Supplement with Barley Sprout Extract on Blood Cholesterol Metabolism

Table 2

Comparisons of the serum glucose and lipid profiles before and after the 12-week intervention in each group.

(a) Test group ()

	Baseline	After 12 weeks	value
Fasting glucose, mg/dL	87.88 ± 8.64	89.00 ± 8.38	0.416
Plasma insulin, μU/dL	6.23 ± 4.07	6.52 ± 4.62	0.804
HbA1c, %	5.74 ± 0.36	5.72 ± 0.37	0.662
Triglyceride, mg/dL	86.84 ± 42.87	111.52 ± 114.27	0.190
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	182.16 ± 31.89	182.16 ± 33.19	1.000
LDL cholesterol, mg/dL	111.16 ± 26.83	107.96 ± 30.21	0.453
HDL cholesterol, mg/dL	57.56 ± 12.86	55.84 ± 12.67	0.313

(b) Placebo group ()

	Baseline	After 12 weeks	p value
Fasting glucose, mg/dL	88.12 ± 7.95	89.61 ± 6.24	0.210
Plasma insulin, μU/dL	5.89 ± 2.43	5.85 ± 1.97	0.927
HbA1c, %	5.61 ± 0.49	5.61 ± 0.42	1.000
Triglyceride, mg/dL	81.96 ± 40.95	77.81 ± 45.09	0.449
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	183.31 ± 26.70	187.77 ± 28.20	0.231
LDL cholesterol, mg/dL	115.12 ± 27.23	116.96 ± 30.05	0.588
HDL cholesterol, mg/dL	57.77 ± 11.17	57.77 ± 9.99	1.000

Data are expressed as means ± standard deviations.
p values were calculated with paired t-test for continuous variables.
LDL, low density lipoprotein; HDL, high density lipoprotein.