Effect of Lycosome-Formulated Phosphatidylcholine on Parameters of Biological Oxidation after Single Intake of Moderate Amount of Alcohol

Table 1

baseline characteristics (averages±SD). The volunteers were enrolled, screened, and randomized as described in the Material and Methods. The baseline parameters were measured at day “0” of clinical trial before ingesting the study products.

VARIABLE	GROUPS
	Placebo	PC	PC+Lyc
Number of Patients	10	10	10
Males	5	6	5
Females	5	4	5
Age	49.1 ± 4.8	52.3±3.9	53.9±4.2
Light/Moderate Smokers	4	3	2
Body Mass Index	23.5 ± 1.4	22.6±1.7	21.4±1.6
AST in U/L	26.1 ± 6.8	27.4±5.1	29.3±6.3
ALT in U/L	29.5 ± 5.6	25.7±6.4	26.8±4.6
Fasting Glucose in mmol/L	5.9 ± 0.4	5.9±0.3	5.4±0.6
Total; Cholesterol in mg/Dl	212.0±11.3	198.5±8.9	215.6±12.3
Triglycerides in mg/Dl	128.0±12.6	115.6±5.7	130.9±7.8
LDL in mg/Dl	120.3 ±8.2	131.4±7.3	133.9±11.7
HDL in mg/Dl	43.3 ± 3.9	46.3±1.7	44.7±2.0
Pulse rate per min	71.8 ± 4.0	69.3±3.5	74.3±4.7
Blood Pressure in mm Hg
Systolic	120.1±3.9	114.8±5.1	112.0±6.3
Diastolic	77.8±3.2	71.4±2.8	69.9±3.3