Effects of medium and long chain triacylglycerol on body weight and body fat of hypertriglycerolemia patients with different body mass indexes

Objective: To investigate the effects of medium and long chain triacylglycerol（MLCT）and long chain triacylglycerol（LCT）on body weight,body fat and serum triglyceride of hypertriglycerolemia patients with different body mass indexes（BMI）. Methods: One hundred and one hypertriglycerolemia patients were recruited in this study.Their age was（52.05±13.2）years and their BMI was（26.22±3.68）kg/m².The patients were randomly assigned to either MLCT group（n=51）or LCT group（n=50）according to BMI to receive MLCT or LCT for 8 weeks.Anthropometric variable measurement,umbilical CT scanning and blood chemistry were performed to observe changes in body weight,body fat and serum triglyceride before and after intervention with MLCT or LCT. Results: MLCT diet led to a significant decrease in body weight,body fat and triglyceride concentration compared with LCT diet（P＜0.05）. Conclusion: MLCT is a good diet for overweight hypertriglycerolemia patients to reduce their body weight,body fat and serum triglyceride.