An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis with Colombian Studies on the Effect of Dark Chocolate Consumption on Cardiovascular Risk Parameters

Table 3

Result with a one-stage approach showing the intercept and the beta values calculated with the variable cocoa consumption.

Outcome	Intercept	Beta	95% CI
Final intragroup total cholesterol	196.37	−1.24	(−10.35; 7.89)
Final intragroup LDL cholesterol	118.67	−3.2	(−11.97; 5.56)
Final intragroup HDL cholesterol	43.05	−1.22	(−4.06; 1.61)
Final intragroup triglycerides	178.16	16.16	(−10.7; 43.03)
Final intragroup BMI	28.97	−0.206	(−1.3; 0.89)
Final intragroup abdominal waist	94.08	−1.17	(−3.42; 1.08)