Consumption of a dietary portfolio of cholesterol lowering foods improves blood lipids without affecting concentrations of fat soluble compounds

Table 4 Plasma concentrations of carotenoids, tocopherols and retinoids following portfolio and control diets

Variable	Intensive portfolio						Routine portfolio						Control
	Wk 0		Wk 12^a		Wk 24^a		Wk 0		Wk 12^a		Wk 24^a		Wk 0		Wk 12^a		Wk 24^a
	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM
α-tocopherol ^b	47.72	2.51	45.60	2.71	45.23*	2.55	50.15	2.37	47.36*	2.77	47.50	2.83	51.05	2.71	51.76	2.99	49.72	3.05
γ-tocopherol ^b	4.97	0.22	4.76	0.29	4.71	0.29	5.28	0.30	5.10	0.35	4.99	0.36	4.96	0.30	5.22	0.37	5.21	0.35
Lycopene ^b	2.61	0.13	2.49	0.23	2.49	0.13	2.78	0.20	2.53	0.17	2.56	0.17	3.21	0.20	3.23	0.17	3.06	0.23
Lutein ^b	1.65	0.19	1.51	0.21	1.64	0.21	1.80	0.17	1.67	0.16	1.80	0.18	1.71	0.15	1.77	0.18	1.69	0.19
β-carotene ^b	2.24	0.19	2.07^†	0.18	2.06*^†	0.19	2.27	0.17	2.11*^†	0.17	2.20^†	0.17	2.23	0.18	2.38	0.18	2.45	0.17
Retinol ^b	2.78	0.12	2.65	0.16	2.65*	0.15	2.94	0.15	2.88	0.13	2.83	0.15	2.73	0.12	2.86	0.15	2.84	0.19
α-tocopherol:TC ^c	7.46	0.46	8.39*	0.51	8.00	0.49	7.91	0.46	8.41	0.55	8.25	0.49	8.07	0.53	8.54	0.53	8.04	0.51
γ-tocopherol:TC ^c	0.79	0.04	0.88	0.05	0.81	0.05	0.80	0.05	0.91*	0.07	0.88*	0.07	0.81	0.06	0.86	0.06	0.83	0.05
Lycopene:TC ^c	0.42	0.02	0.45	0.04	0.44	0.02	0.42	0.04	0.44	0.03	0.45	0.03	0.50	0.04	0.54	0.03	0.49	0.04
Lutein:TC ^c	0.29	0.04	0.29	0.04	0.30	0.04	0.29	0.03	0.31	0.03	0.32	0.03	0.28	0.03	0.29	0.03	0.28	0.03
β-carotene:TC ^c	0.35	0.04	0.38	0.03	0.37	0.04	0.36	0.03	0.38	0.03	0.38	0.03	0.35	0.03	0.40*	0.03	0.39	0.03
Retinol:TC ^c	0.43	0.02	0.49*	0.03	0.47	0.03	0.47	0.03	0.52	0.03	0.50	0.03	0.43	0.02	0.47	0.03	0.46	0.03

*Indicates significance compared to respective baseline. ^†indicates significance with changes from baseline compared to control at respective time point.
^aUsing analysis of covariance with sex, treatment and sex by treatment interaction as main effects and baseline as a covariate. A Tukey adjustment was made for multiple comparisons. ^bμmol/L. ^cμmol/L:mmol/L.

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