PapersPMID:24920270
Impact of daily Chlorella consumption on serum lipid and carotenoid profiles in mildly hypercholesterolemic adults: a double-blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled study.
- findings
- 2
- compound
- 1
- endpoints
- 2
- Study, every finding
- RCT · 4 weeks
- Dose studied, every finding
- 5 g/day, 12 tablets after meals
- Population, every finding
- Adults over 20 with mildly elevated serum total cholesterol (5.18 to 6.48 mmol/L), Korea, 4-week intervention after a 2-week lead-in
No finding here moved its endpoint.
What did not
How to read these marks →“The serum LDL-C and HDL-C levels, however, did not change significantly in the Chlorella group during the study; thus, there were no significant differences between the groups.”
Study record
- Design
- randomised controlled trial
- Species
- human
- Population
- Mildly hypercholesterolemic adults (serum TC 5.18 to 6.48 mmol/L), Korea
- Participants
- 63
- Comparator
- placebo
- Duration
- 28 days
- Endpoints measured
- 34