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Low intestinal cholesterol absorption is associated with a reduced efficacy of phytosterol esters as hypolipemic agents in patients with metabolic syndrome.
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PMID:  21489663     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Phytosterols (PS) lower LDLc, but their effect on metabolic syndrome (MetS) remains unknown. We evaluated whether low-fat milk enriched with PS improves cardiovascular risk factors in these patients. METHODS: A randomised parallel trial employing 24 moderate-hypercholesterolaemic MetS patients and consisting of two 3-month intervention phases. After a 3-month healthy diet, patients were divided into two intervention groups: diet (n = 10) and diet + PS (n = 14) (2 g/day). A control group of 24 moderate-hypercholesterolaemic patients without MetS (matched in age and BMI) underwent the same procedure. RESULTS: Neither dietary intervention nor enrichment of PS induced any improvement in the serum lipoprotein profile of MetS patients. By contrast, in the non-MetS population, a healthy diet effectively reduced TC, LDLc, non-HDLc and Apo B-100, with further decreases in TC (6.9%), LDLc (10.5%), non-HDLc (10.3%), Apo B-100 (6.2%) and Apo B-100/ApoA-I ratio (11.6%) being observed when PS were administered. No differences in LDL diameter, hsCRP or homocysteine were detected in any of the groups after consuming PS. This supplementation produced a significant increase in PS levels only in the non-MetS population. CONCLUSIONS: PS therapy appears to be of little value to MetS patients, likely due to its reduced intestinal cholesterol absorption. The efficacy of PS as hypocholesterolaemic agents is thus limited.
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Antonio Hernández-Mijares; Celia Bañuls; Ana Jover; Eva Solá; Lorena Bellod; Maria L Martínez-Triguero; Maria J Lagarda; Víctor M Víctor; Milagros Rocha
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-4-11
Journal Detail:
Title:  Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland)     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1532-1983     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Apr 
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Created Date:  2011-4-14     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  8309603     Medline TA:  Clin Nutr     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd and European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism. All rights reserved.
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Service of Endocrinology, University Hospital Dr. Peset, Av. Gaspar Aguilar 90, 46017, Valencia, Spain; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia, Spain.
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