A cholesterol lowering diet programme was “culturally sensitive” and “highly acceptable” to patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and appears to be effective in changing their diet and quality of life.
But, the programme’s effect on serum lipids, lipoproteins and body weight was only “modest”, researchers report. They said that a larger randomised study with a longer intervention period was needed to test the effectiveness of a cholesterol-lowering diet on lipids and lipoproteins in patients with lupus.
The researchers, based at Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, United States, assessed the effects of the diet programme on lipid and lipoproteins, body weight, nutrient intakes and quality of life in 17 patients with lupus. The patients were randomised to a Step 2 diet intervention or a control group for 12 weeks.
The diet intervention consisted of weekly group sessions during the first six weeks followed by telephone counselling every two weeks during the last six weeks.
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