Key result
Twelve-hour preventive group education on healthy lifestyle had a significant but transient positive effect on the resistance of LDL against oxidation (25% increase, P=0.01).
Why the study?
Does recurrent preventive group education improve the resistance of LDL against oxidation and classical risk factors in coronary artery bypass grafting patients?
Population
72 coronary artery bypass grafting patients (65 men, 7 women) allocated late (≥ 18 months) after the operation
Comparison
Twelve-hour recurrent preventive group education… vs Control group
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
one-year
Authors
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Transient LDL oxidation resistance gains from group education; leaves open sustained CHD risk factor benefits in CABG patients.
Does recurrent preventive group education improve the resistance of LDL against oxidation and classical risk factors in coronary artery bypass grafting patients?
p-value: p=0.01
Repeated group education had only small positive effects on risk factors and a transient increase in LDL oxidation resistance, suggesting effective lipid-lowering drug treatment is more indicated than education alone.
Palomäki et al. (2002) studied Coronary artery bypass grafting (n=72). Preventive group education on healthy life-style vs. Control group was evaluated on Resistance of LDL against oxidation (p=0.01). Twelve-hour preventive group education on healthy lifestyle had a significant but transient positive effect on the resistance of LDL against oxidation (25% increase, P=0.01).
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