Table 4

Fractional cholesterol balance and non-cholesterol sterols*

	High-carbohydrate		Low-carbohydrate		P values	Effect size
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	P values	Effect size
Fractional cholesterol balance†	0.60	0.16	0.66	0.22	0.558	0.31
Absolute (mg/L)
Desmosterol	1.42	0.24	2.82	0.80	0.000	2.37
Lathosterol	1.84	0.55	2.23	0.61	0.153	0.67
Campesterol	3.5	1.46	3.86	1.37	0.577	0.25
Sitosterol	3.07	1.03	4.34	1.75	0.064	0.88
Cholestanol	2.23	0.44	2.8	0.43	0.009	1.31
Normalised (10† × μmol/mmol of TC)
Normalised (10† × μmol/mmol of TC)							Desmosterol	84.8	11.55	101.9	22.35	0.046	0.96
Lathosterol	109.4	30.67	79.6	14.41	0.016	1.24
Campesterol	195.0	59.04	134.7	43.98	0.019	1.16
Sitosterol	167.7	44.65	145.8	55.03	0.341	0.44
Cholestanol	132.3	24.44	101.5	13.40	0.003	1.56