Effects of Marine Phospholipids Extract on the Lipid Levels of Metastatic and Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer Patients

Table 3

Blood lipids before and after MPL supplementation.

	Before MPL (mg/dL)	After MPL (mg/dL)	Change (%)
Total cholesterol; median (min–max)	194 (80–349)	221 (115–362)	+14%**
LDL cholesterol; median (min–max)	121 (36–277)	139 (42–282)	+15%**
HDL cholesterol; median (min–max)	49 (23–106)	57 (21–125)	+16%**
LDL : HDL; mean ± SD	2.8 ± 1.3	2.7 ± 1.4	—

Analysis performed with lipid electrophoresis with nonfasting blood samples. Mean ± SD values are shown for normally distributed data, otherwise median (min–max) values were given.
**Significance level .