Table 2.

Cardiovascular disease risk factors at baseline and at 8 weeks after intervention

		Control	F/V	DASH	F/V vs Control	DASH vs control	DASH vs F/V
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg	Baseline, mean (SE)	131.3 (0.95)	131.6 (0.95)	131.1 (0.95)
	8-wk, mean (SE)	129.9 (0.9)	127.8 (0.9)	124.4 (0.9)
	Absolute difference, mean (95% CD	−1.3 (−2.5, −0.2)	−3.8 (−5.0, −2.7)	−6.7 (−7.8, −5.5)	−2.5 (−4.2, −0.8)	−5.3 (−7.0, −3.7)	−2.8 (−4.5, −1.2)
Total cholesterol, mg/100 ml	Baseline, mean (SE)	191.4 (2.85)	194.8 (2.84)	187.1 (2.84)
	8-wk, mean (SE)	195.0 (2.9)	194.7 (2.8)	177.6 (2.8)
	Absolute difference, mean (95% CD	3.6 (−0.2, 7.5)	−0.2 (−4.0, 3.6)	−9.5 (−13.3, −5.7)	−3.8 (−9.2, 1.6)	−13.1 (−18.5, −7.7)	9.3 (−14.7, 3.9)
HDL cholesterol, mg/100 ml	Baseline, mean (SE)	48.2 (1.16)	47.9 (13.9)	48.5 (1.15)
	8-wk, mean (SE)	48.4 (1.2)	47.9 (1.2)	45.0 (1.2)
	Absolute difference, mean (95% CI)	0.3 (−0.7, 1.3)	0.0 (−1.0, 1.0)	−3.5 (−4.5, −2.5)	−0.2 (−1.7, 1.2)	−3.8 (−5.2, −2.4)	−3.5 (−5.0, −2.1)

Statistically significant differences (p <0.05) are denoted in bold. Presented as mean (SE).