Cereal-Based Snack Bar with Added Plant Stanol Ester (Benecol®) Consumed between Meals Lowers Serum Total and LDL Cholesterol Effectively in Mildly to Moderately Hypercholesterolemic Subjects
Table 2
Pretrial characteristics1 of the subjects in placebo and stanol groups.
Placebo group ( = 34)
Stanol group ( = 36)
Gender (male /female) ()
12/22
14/22
Ethnicity
Caucasian ()
34
36
Age (years)
58.3 ± 7.9
59.1 ± 7.7
Weight (kg) at
Screening
74.4 ± 14.9
75.9 ± 15.8
Baseline
74.5 ± 15.0
75.8 ± 15.6
4 weeks
74.5 ± 15.0
76.0 ± 15.8
Height (cm) at Screening
166.7 ± 9.6
168.5 ± 9.3
Body mass index (kg/m2)
Screening
26.7 ± 4.5
26.6 ± 4.9
Baseline
26.8 ± 4.6
26.6 ± 4.8
4 weeks
26.7 ± 4.5
26.7 ± 4.9
Serum glucose (mmol/l)
5.0 ± 0.4
5.2 ± 0.5
S-Thyroid stimulating hormone (mU/l)
2.2 ± 1.2
2.1 ± 1.1
S-Creatinine (μmol/l)
67.2 ± 14.5
71.5 ± 12.8
are means ± SD for continuous variables. There were no statistically significant differences in the baseline characteristics between the groups.
