The effect of medical castration on lipid levels in black South African men with prostate cancer

African Journal of Urology

Table 5 Changes to serum lipids during study period

	Baseline (N = 38), (mean + SD)	6 months (N = 27), Mean ± SD	p value	12 months (N = 31),Mean ± SD	p value^a
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	4.3 ± 0.8	4.2 ± 1.6	0.80	4.4 ± 0.9	0.9
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	1.6 ± 0.9	2.6 ± 1.4	< 0.01	2.0 ± 1.5	0.08
HDL (mmol/L)	1.3 ± 0.3	1.1 ± 0.3	< 0.01	1.2 ± 0.4	0.08
LDL (mmol/L) *	2.3 ± 0.8	2.2 ± 0.9	0.90	2.3 ± 0.8	0.82

^*N = 29 at 12 months (LDL results of 2 patients not given due to excessive triglyceride level)
^ap value for differences between baseline and 12 months