STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF CONCENTRATED POLYMALT EXTRACT ON CHOLESTEROL LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH ATHEROGENIC DYSLIPIDEMIA
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of concentrated polymalt extract (CPE) on LDL-C levels in patients with atherogenic dyslipidemia. Patients in the control group during the entire course of treatment received a standard reduced calorie diet, characterized by a reduced amount of sodium, animal fats, refined carbohydrates, cholesterol-containing products and extractives. Patients of the main group, during the same period of inpatient treatment, received a variant of the standard reduced-calorie diet with the inclusion of 100 g of CEP. CEP composition: wheat malt (30.5%), corn grits (20.7%), pale barley malt (18.3%), oat malt (18.3%), rye malt (unfermented) (12.2% ). Cumulative data on evaluating the impact of CPE in the system of complex treatment of patients with dyslipidemia demonstrated a number of clinical effects: good tolerability of the course of diet therapy; body weight reduction comparable to standard diet therapy; a positive effect on the parameters of the blood lipid profile, manifested in a statistically significant decrease in LDL levels against the background of the absence of a decrease in HDL levels as a result of the course of diet therapy; no changes in AST, ALT, creatinine, uric acid in patients receiving CPE to standard diet therapy.