Table 3 Serum lipids and lipoproteins before and after each of the three dietary treatments

Cholesterol(s)

Total (mmol/L)

4.79

5.09

4.62

4.96

4.79

4.77

<0.0348

(4.67, 4.91)

(4.92, 5.26)^a

(4.50, 4.74)

(4.79, 5.12)^ab

(4.67, 4.92)

(4.60, 4.94)^b

HDL⁴ (mmol/L)

1.29

1.33

1.27

1.30

1.28

1.31

0.7736

(1.17, 1.41)

(1.25, 1.41)

(1.15, 1.40)

(1.23, 1.38)

(1.15, 1.40)

(1.23, 1.39)

LDL (mmol/L)

2.75

3.03

2.63

2.96

2.81

2.86

0.2866

(2.63, 2.87)

(2.87, 3.19)

(2.50, 2.75)

(2.80, 3.12)

(2.69, 2.94)

(2.70, 3.02)

LDL:HDL

2.13

2.31

2.06

2.32

2.20

2.19

0.1432

(2.03, 2.25)

(2.19, 2.43)

(1.97, 2.18)

(2.20, 2.44)

(2.00, 2.40)

(2.07, 2.31)

  Total cholesterol:HDL

3.71

3.86

3.63

3.84

3.76

3.64

<0.0136

(3.48, 4.00)

(3.72, 4.00)^a

(3.40, 3.91)

(3.70, 3.98)^a

(3.51, 4.05)

(3.50, 3.79)^b

Triacylglycerides⁴ (mmol/L)

1.15

1.12

1.13

0.97

1.13

0.92

<0.0434

(1.10, 1.21)

(1.00, 1.26)^a

(1.07, 1.18)

(0.87, 1.08)^ab

(1.07, 1.18)

(0.83, 1.03)^b

Apolipoprotein A (g/L)

1.54

1.62

1.56

1.59

1.57

1.59

0.6416

(1.49, 1.59)

(1.57, 1.67)

(1.51, 1.61)

(1.53, 1.64)

(1.53, 1.62)

(1.54, 1.64)

Apolipoprotein B (g/L)

0.84

0.94

0.82

0.89

0.89

0.86

<0.0211

(0.77, 0.91)

(0.90, 0.98)^a

(0.77, 0.87)

(0.85, 0.93)^ab

(0.82, 0.96)

(0.82, 0.90)^b

Triacylglycerides: Apo B⁴

1.37

1.10

1.38

1.02

1.27

1.01

0.4541

(1.33, 1.43)

(0.99, 1.22)

(1.36, 1.39)

(0.91, 1.13)

(1.23, 1.31)

(0.91, 1.12)

Apo B: Apo A

0.55

0.59

0.52

0.56

0.57

0.54

0.0527

(0.52, 0.57)

(0.56, 0.62)

(0.51, 0.54)

(0.54, 0.59)

(0.54, 0.59)

(0.51, 0.57)