2.1. Patients Included in the Study
We evaluated for eligibility 105 individuals who were initially candidates for the study. Eighty-three subjects were excluded; 13 because of glucose above 125 mg/dL, 55 subjects reduced their triglycerides below 200 mg/dL, and 15 individuals abandoned the study during the dietary intervention. Then, 22 hypertriglyceridemic patients were enrolled. During the following stages of the trial, 4 patients withdrew from the study. Consequently, we reported the results of 18 patients who concluded all the phases of the protocol (