The Effect of Sumac Fruit on Serum Lipids and Body Mass Index in Hemodialysis Patients

Table 3

Comparison of the mean and standard deviation of changes in CHOL, LDL, HDL, and TG levels in study groups over time.

Variable	Groups	Time			Time effect	Group effect	Time-groupinteraction
		Before M ± SD	Six weeks after M ± SD	12 weeks after M ± SD
CHOL	2 g sumac	128.6 ± 28.6	122 ± 29.2	127.9 ± 33.1	F = 2.366	F = 1.22	F = 0.12
	3 g sumac	121.9 ± 30.7	118.8 ± 27.5	123.4 ± 262
	Placebo	132.9 ± 39.1	128.3 ± 41.6	136.8 ± 574
LDL	2 g sumac	74.3 ± 25.9	67.7 ± 23.5	72.5 ± 22.8	F = 7.638	F = 0.648	F = 0.082
	3 g sumac	74.3 ± 23.8	63.2 ± 17.9	69.7 ± 20.8
	Placebo	76.5 ± 25.2	68.8 ± 27.9	76.1 ± 27.9
HDL	2 g sumac	32.4 ± 7.9	33.4 ± 9.1	35 ± 8.9	F = 0.137	F = 0.161	F = 1.807
	3 g sumac	34.3 ± 14.2	35 ± 12.9	33.9 ± 17.3
	Placebo	39.6 ± 12.7	33.7 ± 11.9	33.8 ± 8.7
TG	2 g sumac	104.5 ± 50.7	111.2 ± 77.4	93.7 ± 57.4	F = 3.049	F = 0.784	F = 0.259
	3 g sumac	109.9 ± 77.9	105.5 ± 55.7	92.3 ± 53.2
	Placebo	122.3 ± 87.7	119.6 ± 66.3	112.5 ± 77

CHOL: total cholesterol; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; TG: triglyceride. for repeated measures analysis (ANOVA).