Influence of milk as compared to soy phospholipids on risk factors for cardiovascular disease
- Conditions
- E78.9Disorder of lipoprotein metabolism, unspecified
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 58
Overweight male volunteers, age 50- 76 years, non-smokers; written informed consent
- fasting glucose levels >120 mg/dl
- Known metabolic or gastro-intestinal diseases, which affect the absorption, metabolism or excretion of food or food components;
- Known allergy against milk or soy components
- intake of supplements which might affect the parameters tested
- intake of drugs which might affect the parameters tested
- intestinal tract surgery or corticoid steroid treatment within the last 3 months
- Inability to understand and to comply with the study protocol;
- unusually high consumption of milk or dairy products
- occurrence of acute gastrointestinal disorders during intervention
- Occurrence of other unexpected events with relevance for the study outcome
- withdrawal of consent to participate
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Ratio of total zu HDL-cholesterol in serum (after 7 weeks)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Further parameters of lipid metabolism(triglycerides, LDL-cholesterol), glucose metabolism (glucose, insulin), hepatic metabolism (GOT, GGT, GPT), thiol metabolism (glutathione, homocysteine), inflammation (CRP, endothelial adhesion molecules) and body composition after 7 weeks intervention