Sea Buckthorn Pulp Oil Treatment Prevents Atherosclerosis in Obese Children

Table 2

Plasma variables.

Parameters	Control group	Obese before treatment	Obese after treatment	𝑃	𝑃^′′
Cholesterol mg/dL	148.4±16	179.25±28.27	163.34±34.5	<0.02	<0.03
Triglycerides mg/dL	68.4±28.7	114.25±49.4	86.9±33.5	<0.001	<0.01
HDL-C mg/dL	50.37±12.9	46.38±13.5	50.31±12.44	<0.05	Ns
LDL-C mg/dL	83.7±7.7	104.23±30.4	97.25±13.5	Ns	Ns
apoB/apoAI	0.43±0.04	0.58±0.2	0.55±0.3	<0.01	Ns
Uric Acid mg/dL	4.48±0.5	5.82±1.45	5.89±0.7	<0.002	Ns
GGT (UI/L)	13.85±1	16.27±5.8	18.7±4.9	Ns	Ns
Glycemia mg/dL	85.2±3.4	86.25±6.8	84.15±7.1	Ns	Ns
ALT (UI/L)	13.07±2	18.9±9.1	22.05±8.3	<0.05	Ns
Creatinine mg/dL	0.80±0.15	0.77±0.07	0.75±0.1	Ns	Ns
Bilirubin mg/dL	0.55±0.29	0.48±0.29	0.56±0.33	Ns	Ns
Leptin ng/mL	2.16±1.3	19.12±12.3	11.64±7.8	<0.001	<0.01
Adiponectin ng/mL	15.3±1.2	8.19±1.06	9.22±1.09	<0.03	Ns
C peptide ng/mL	1.08±0.4	1.92±1.23	1.45±0.9	<0.03	<0.049
Fibrinogen g/L	3.23±0.12	3.26±0.27	3.20±0.22	Ns	Ns
CRP mg/dL	0.95±0.5	2.3±2.10	2.02±1.7	<0.04	Ns
Ceruloplasmin mg/dL	29.82±3	33.99±4.45	29.02±4.33	<0.02	<0.01
Albumin g/dL	4.21±0.4	3.98±0.6	4.17±0.6	<0.002	<0.008

HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; TG: triglycerides; CRP: C reactive protein; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; 𝛾-Glutamyl transferase (𝛾-GT); 𝑃 value represents the 𝑡-test result of comparison of the obese group versus control group, and 𝑃^′′ value represents the 𝑡-test result of comparison variables in the obese group before treatment and after treatment.