Document Classification

Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Patients in the intervention group (n = 40) showed a reduction in total serum cholesterol (6. 03 + / -1. 03 versus 5. 67 + / -1. 01 mmol/L ; P <. 03) and triglyceride levels (1. 94 + / -0. 8 versus 1. 6 + / -0. 89 mmol/L ; P <. 005) and maintained their initial body mass index (26 + / -2 versus 27 + / -2 kg/m2 ; P = NS), but results were not statistically different from the control group (n = 50) (total serum cholesterol, 6. 05 + / -1. 02 versus 5. 79 + / -0. 88 mmol/L ; triglycerides, 2. 25 + / -1. 28 versus 1. 85 + / -0. 96 mmol/L [both P = NS] ; body mass index, 26 + / -2 versus 28 + / -3 kg/m2 [P <. 0001]).