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

Table 3

Changes between baseline and 12-week measurements.

	Test group ()	Placebo group ()	p value
Fasting glucose, mg/dL	1.12 ± 6.67	1.50 ± 5.95	0.832
Plasma insulin, μU/dL	0.30 ± 5.91	−0.04 ± 2.12	0.788
HbA1c, %	−0.24 ± 0.27	0 ± 0.23	0.737
Triglyceride, mg/dL	24.88 ± 92.15	−4.16 ± 27.54	0.131
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	0 ± 20.21	4.46 ± 18.54	0.415
LDL cholesterol, mg/dL	−3.20 ± 20.99	1.85 ± 17.16	0.351
HDL cholesterol, mg/dL	−1.72 ± 8.34	0 ± 7.58	0.444

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.
p values were calculated with Student’s t-test for continuous variables.
LDL, low density lipoprotein; HDL, high density lipoprotein.