TY - T1 - Cholesterol lowering efficacy of plant stanol ester in a new type of product matrix, a chewable dietary supplement SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/234694 T3 - A1 - Laitinen, Kirsi; Gylling, Helena; Kaipiainen, Leena; Nissinen, Markku J.; Simonen, Piia A2 - PB - Y1 - 2017 LA - eng AB - Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol lowering efficacy of a new type of chewable plant stanol ester food supplement was evaluated in a randomized, double-blind, controlled four-week intervention. The participants (LDL cholesterol > 3 mmol/L) consumed four supplements daily with meals either with (n = 50) or without (n = 53) plant stanol esters. Plant stanol ester supplement (2 g/d plant stanols) lowered LDL cholesterol by 7.6%, serum cholesterol by 4.9%, and non-high density lipoprotein (HD... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Dietary supplement; Plant stanol ester; LDL cholesterol; Dietary intervention; PRIMARY HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MODERATE HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; SERUM-CHOLESTEROL; STEROLS; MEN; METAANALYSIS; ADULTS; TRIAL; WOMEN; 3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine; 416 Food Science N1 - PP - ER -