Soybean Based Diets and CVD Risk Factors

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Conditions studied: Hypercholesterolemia

In brief

To evaluate the impact of soybean processing as well as the effect of soy relative to animal protein, independent of alterations in the fatty acid profile of the diet on CVD risk factors in hypercholesterolemic subjects.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00175097

Run by

Tufts University

People needed

30

Starts

2001-06-01

Expected to finish

2005-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-12-02

Who can join

Age: 50 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Plasma LDL-C >120mg/dL, Free from chronic illness, Not taking medications known to affect lipid metabolism (lipid lowering drugs, beta-blockers, fish-oil capsules, cis-retinoic acid, ascorbic acid, vitamin E, diuretics or hormones), Post-menopausal women.

You may not qualify if…

• Soy allergy, Smokers, Consuming >2 alcoholic drinks per day, Pre-menopausal women.

Where it is running

• Division of Cardiology, Tufts-New England Medical Center Hospitals, Tufts University School of Medicine — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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