PapersPMID:31840162
Two apples a day lower serum cholesterol and improve cardiometabolic biomarkers in mildly hypercholesterolemic adults: a randomized, controlled, crossover trial.
- findings
- 3
- compound
- 1
- endpoints
- 3
- Study, every finding
- crossover · 8 weeks
- Dose studied, every finding
- 2 apples per day (340 g without core)
- Population, every finding
- 40 mildly hypercholesterolemic adults (TC above 5.2 mmol/L), randomized crossover, 8 weeks per arm with 4-week washout
What moved
How to read these marks →“WA decreased serum TC (P = 0.006), LDL cholesterol (P = 0.031), and TAG (P = 0.021) compared with the CB.”
- Decreases LDL cholesterol
limited
- Increases serum uric acid
limited
“The WA intervention increased uric acid (P = 0.020) compared with the CB.”
Study record
- Design
- crossover trial
- Species
- human
- Population
- Generally healthy, mildly hypercholesterolemic adults (TC > 5.2 mmol/L), Reading, UK
- Participants
- 40
- Comparator
- placebo
- Duration
- 56 days
- Endpoints measured
- 20