Table. 2. Table 2

Meta-regression of plant sterols/stanols supplementation dose and duration on lipid profile using the apolipoprotein E groups

Apolipoprotein E group	Outcome	Covariate	No. of studies	Coefficient	95% confidence interval	P-value
E3	TC	Dose Duration	9	—0.412567 —0.005806	—0.854252 to 0.029118 —0.068577 to 0.056964	0.0671 0.8561
E4	TC	Dose Duration	9	—0.670363 —0.056443	—1.285657 to —0.055069 0.045245 to 0.032234	0.0327 0.2122
E3	LDL	Dose Duration	10	—0.160048 —0.031707	—0.432956 to 0.112861 —0.089536 to 0.026121	0.2504 0.2825
E4	LDL	Dose Duration	10	—0.339041 —0.088027	—0.722386 to 0.044303 —0.154690 to —0.021364	0.0830 0.0097
E3	HDL	Dose Duration	7	0.231371 0.020791	—0.173639 to 0.636380 —0.024081 to 0.065664	0.2629 0.3638
E4	HDL	Dose Duration	7	0.018633 —0.003348	—0.082982 to 0.120249 —0.022022 to 0.015325	0.7193 0.7253
E3	TG	Dose Duration	7	0.050605 —0.021778	—0.072949 to 0.174160 —0.065191 to 0.021635	0.4221 0.3255
E4	TG	Dose Duration	7	—0.004206 —0.019614	—0.189003 to 0.180591 —0.075335 to 0.036107	0.9644 0.4903

TC, total cholesterol; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; TG, triglycerides.

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