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134Soybean and Healthal. (2002) demonstrated that CLA isomers improved very low-density lipoproteincholesterol and plasma triacylglycerol metabolism suggesting that some of the cardioprotectiveeffects of CLA shown in animal studies were relevant to humans as well.ParametersTotal Cholesterol(mg/dL)Base lineGroupslevels Soybean oilbased dietLow CLA gheebased dietHigh CLA gheebased diet58.09 1.24 81.33 a 2.91 74.40 b 1.68 69.93 c 1.44HDL-C (mg/dL) 34.72 0.78 35.51 a 0.91 41.84 b 0.54 47.32 c 0.96Triacylglycerol 40.87 0.77 73.23 a 1.08 65.01 b 1.16 56.21 c 0.42(mg/dL)LDL-C (mg/dL) 14.26 1.72 26.79 a 3.53 19.57 b 1.86 14.38 c 1.62Atherogenic Index 0.410 0.06 0.971 a 0.12 0.570 b 0.05 0.244 c 0.04(AI)Values are MeanSE for n=8Values in rows with different superscript differ significantly (P