- Title
- High molecular weight oat ß-glucan enhances lipid-lowering effects of phytosterols. A randomised controlled trial
- Creator
- Ferguson, Jessica J. A.; Stojanovski, Elizabeth; MacDonald-Wicks, Lesley; Garg, Manohar L.
- Relation
- Clinical Nutrition Vol. 39, Issue 1, January 2020, p. 80-89
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2019.02.007
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- Background & aims: Oat ß-glucan (OBG) and phytosterols (PS) are known to lower blood cholesterol levels via different mechanisms. Combination of high molecular weight (MW) OBG and PS in a single functional food could have complementary and/or synergistic effects for optimising heart health. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of dietary supplementation with high-MW OBG with or without PS on plasma lipids in hypercholesterolaemic individuals. Methods: In a double-blinded, placebo-controlled, 2 × 2 factorial trial, participants were randomised to receive biscuits fortified with either no PS or OBG (PL, n = 18) or 2 g PS (PS, n = 18), 3 g OBG (OBG, n = 18), or combination of 2 g PS and 3 g OBG (PS-OBG, n = 18) per day for 6 weeks. Primary outcome was fasting plasma total cholesterol (TC) and secondary outcomes were LDL-cholesterol, LDL-C; HDL-cholesterol, HDL-C; triglycerides, TG and TC to HDL-cholesterol (TC:HDL) ratio. Results: TC and LDL-C were significantly lowered following PS (-4.6% and -7.6% respectively; p < 0.05), OBG (-5.7% and -8.6%; p < 0.01) and PS-OBG (-11.5% and -13.9%; p < 0.0001) administration. The reduction in TC in the PS-OBG group was significantly greater compared to PL (p < 0.001) and PS (p < 0.05). PS-OBG group had a significantly greater reduction in LDL-C compared to PL (p < 0.01) but not in comparison to PS or OBG groups. TC:HDL ratio was significantly reduced following PS-OBG (-8.9%; p < 0.01) only, and there was no significant difference found between groups. Plasma TG reduced by 8.4% following PS-OBG, however, this was statistically non-significant. Plasma HDL-C remained unchanged across all groups. Conclusions: Dietary supplementation with high-MW OBG and PS in a single functional food enhances their lipid-lowering potential. Blood cholesterol lowering by PS and OBG is additive. Delivery of these two bioactive nutrients in a single food allows optimisation of their lipid-lowering effects and may provide added heart health benefits with enhanced compliance. The trial was registered with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry at http://www.anzctr.org.au/(ACTRN12618001455257).
- Subject
- total cholesterol; LDL cholesterol; triglyceride; phytosterols; β-glucan
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1417254
- Identifier
- uon:37181
- Identifier
- ISSN:0261-5614
- Rights
- © 2019. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Language
- eng
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