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Table 3 Mean differences in weight, blood pressure, lipoproteins and insulin resistance between diets

From: A randomized, controlled trial on the effects of almonds on lipoprotein response to a higher carbohydrate, lower fat diet in men and women with abdominal adiposity

 

Mean and SE for differences between diets

CHOHigh + almonds-CHOHigh

CHOHigh + almonds- CHOLow

CHOHigh-CHOLow

Mean

SE

Mean

SE

Mean

SE

Body mass (kg)

−0.1

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.6

0.4

Body mass index (kg/m2)

− 0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.1

Waist circumference (cm)

0.4

0.6

0.7

0.6

0.3

0.6

Systolic BP (mmHg)

−1

1

1

1

2

1

Diastolic BP (mmHg)

−1

1

0

1

1

1

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

0.03

0.20

0.02

0.20

−0.02

0.20

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

−0.05

0.10

0.11

0.10

0.16

0.10

LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)

0.02

0.10

0.04

0.10

0.02

0.10

HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L

−0.08

0.06

−0.01

0.06

0.07

0.06

nonHDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)

0.02

0.12

0.11

0.11

0.09

0.11

Total−/HDL-cholesterol

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.1

Glucose (mmol/L)

0.1

0.1

−0.1

0.1

−0.1

0.1

Insulin (pmol/L)

1.6

1.7

0.6

1.7

−1.1

1.7

HOMA-IR

0.4

0.5

0.13

0.46

−0.30

0.46

Apolipoprotein AI (g/L)

0.01

0.02

0.03

0.02

0.03

0.02

Apolipoprotein B (g/L)

−0.05

0.04

−0.01

0.04

0.04

0.04

HDL3&2a (nmol/L)

100

400

569

397

469

405

HDL2b (nmol/L)

− 267

327

−18

316

249

323

LDL IVc (nmol/L)

−0.6

2.6

2.5

2.6

2.5

2.6

LDL IVb (nmol/L)

3.9

5.2

7.7

5.0

3.8

5.1

LDL IVa (nmol/L)

8.7

10.6

14.0

10.3

5.3

10.3

LDL IIIb (nmol/L)

7.5

5.8

10.3

5.6

2.8

5.76

LDL IIIa (nmol/L)

11.0

10.7

28.6†

10.4

17.7

10.6

LDL IIb (nmol/L)

−3.8

11.5

21.0

11.2

24.8*

11.4

LDL IIa (nmol/L)

−7.0

11.2

0.2

10.8

7.2

11.1

LDL I (nmol/L)

−1.8

16.4

−19.7

16.2

−19.7

15.2

IDL2 (nmol/L)

5.9

10.5

−5.8

10.1

−11.7

10.4

IDL1 (nmol/L)

4.2

7.3

11.3

7.0

7.0

7.2

Small VLDL (nmol/L)

1.4

3.3

3.3

3.2

1.9

3.2

Intermediate VLDL (nmol/L)

−0.7

3.9

6.3

3.8

7.0

3.9

Large VLDL (nmol/L)

−0.9

1.9

3.7

1.8

3.7*

1.8

LDL peak diameter (Å)

−0.6

0.6

−1.7†

0.6

−1.1

0.6

  1. * P ≤ 0.05; † P ≤ 0.01