Serum Cholesterol Reduction Efficacy of Biscuits with Added Plant Stanol Ester
Table 3
Energy and nutrient intakes of the mild hypercholesterolemic subjects during the study between control and plant stanol groups1.
Nutrients
Control group
Plant stanol group
Week 0
Week 2
Week 6
Week 0
Week 2
Week 6
Energy (MJ)
5.6 ± 2.0
5.6 ± 2.0
5.6 ± 2.0
5.7 ± 2.0
5.7 ± 2.0
5.7 ± 2.1
Carbohydrate (g/d)
172.8 ± 60.0
173.0 ± 60.0
174.8 ± 60.5
184.1 ± 76.7
183.2 ± 75.4
180.7 ± 76.2
Protein (g/d)
54.3 ± 24.9
53.3 ± 25.2
54.2 ± 26.3
53.9 ± 21.4
52.4 ± 22.0
52.8 ± 22.6
Fat (g/d)
50.4 ± 25.2
50.2 ± 25.7
50.0 ± 25.9
46.9 ± 21.9
47.4 ± 22.0
47.2 ± 22.0
Dietary fiber (g/d)
9.8 ± 4.6
9.8 ± 4.5
9.9 ± 4.7
9.8 ± 5.2
9.5 ± 5.2
9.6 ± 5.1
Cholesterol (mg/d)
237.5 ± 57.6
235.7 ± 59.4
234.9 ± 60.4
237.9 ± 57.8
238.8 ± 58.5
239.0 ± 59.0
Energy distribution
Carbohydrate (%)
51.8 ± 9.6
52.2 ± 9.9
52.3 ± 10.5
53.5 ± 10.7
53.5 ± 10.5
53.4 ± 10.2
Fat (%)
32.3 ± 7.8
32.2 ± 8.1
32.0 ± 8.5
30.7 ± 8.3
31.0 ± 8.2
30.9 ± 7.8
Protein (%)
15.9 ± 4.6
15.6 ± 4.5
15.8 ± 4.8
15.8 ± 4.7
15.6 ± 4.5
15.7 ± 4.4
Values are means ± SD. Week 0 (run in); week 2 (baseline); week 6 (end of intervention); no significant difference in all nutrient intakes between two groups at baseline, week 2 and week 6, by repeated measure analysis of variance.
