Daily Consumption of Virgin Coconut Oil Increases High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels in Healthy Volunteers: A Randomized Crossover Trial

Table 2

Biomedical parameters results of 32 participants before and after consuming 15 mL of virgin coconut oil or 2% carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) solution twice daily for 8 weeks.

	Biomedical parameter (mean)
	Virgin coconut oil			2% CMC solution
	Before	After		Before	After
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	190.4	187.7	0.389	191.1	183.7	0.021
Triglyceride (mg/dL)	67.8	64.7	0.477	69.3	72.3	0.493
HDL – cholesterol (mg/dL)	60.3	64.2	0.001	60.8	59.0	0.124
LDL – cholesterol (mg/dL)	116.6	110.5	0.061	116.4	110.2	0.036
Weight (kg)	58.9	59.2	0.365	59.1	58.7	0.430
BMI (kg/m^2)	20.8	20.9	0.495	20.9	20.7	0.403
SBP (mmHg)	114.3	114.8	0.762	115.8	117.6	0.187
DBP (mmHg)	71.2	70.4	0.636	71.3	69.5	0.430
BUN (mg/dL)	12.3	12.1	0.835	12.0	11.2	0.066
SCr (mg/dL)	0.80	0.81	0.231	0.79	0.82	0.057
AST (U/L)	19.1	19.5	0.699	20.8	18.8	0.247
ALT (U/L)	15.0	17.2	0.105	15.2	14.4	0.517
AP (U/L)	71.7	71.2	0.683	68.9	69.4	0.807

Note. -test. To convert total, LDL-cholesterol, and HDL-cholesterol levels from mg/dL to mmol/L, multiply by 0.02586; to convert triglyceride level from mg/dL to mmol/L, multiply by 0.01129. Abbreviations. BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; BUN: blood urea nitrogen; SCr: serum creatinine; HDL: high density lipoprotein; LDL: low density lipoprotein; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AP: alkaline phosphatase.