Serum Cholesterol Reduction Efficacy of Biscuits with Added Plant Stanol Ester

Table 2

Baseline demographic of the mild hypercholesterolemic subjects in the control and plant stanol groups¹.

	Control; ( = 60)	Plant stanol
		Total	Biscuit with meal	Biscuit without meal
		( = 59)	( = 33)	( = 26)
Gender (male/female)	14/46	15/44	12/21	3/23
Age (years)	42.2 ± 9.5	42.9 ± 9.3	41.5 ± 9.0	43.3 ± 9.6
Weight (kg)	61.8 ± 11.8	62.3 ± 14.3	63.6 ± 15.0	60.6 ± 13.3
Height (cm)	158.8 ± 8.1	158.8 ± 8.0	160.2 ± 7.9	157.1 ± 7.8
BMI (kg/m^2)	24.7 ± 8.5	25.4 ± 11.3	24.7 ± 4.9	24.5 ± 4.6
Cholesterol (mmol/L)
Total cholesterol	6.01 ± 0.62	6.02 ± 0.78	6.26 ± 0.74	5.72 ± 0.73
LDL-cholesterol	4.13 ± 0.60	4.12 ± 0.75	4.37 ± 0.74	3.81 ± 0.65
HDL-cholesterol	1.59 ± 0.46	1.58 ± 0.34	1.56 ± 0.32	1.62 ± 0.37
Total cholesterol : HDL ratio	4.08 ± 1.20	3.96 ± 0.92	4.17 ± 0.93	3.69 ± 0.83
LDL : HDL ratio	2.84 ± 0.97	2.74 ± 0.80	2.93 ± 0.81	2.49 ± 0.74
Triglyceride	1.40 ± 0.69	1.37 ± 0.56	1.33 ± 0.59	1.42 ± 0.52

Values are means ± SD. To convert mmol/L of cholesterol and triglyceride to mg/dL, multiply by 39 and 89, respectively.