Table 2.

Plasma lipid concentrations

	High isoflavone diet		Low isoflavone diet
	Male	Female	Male	Female
3 month
Total cholesterol (mmol l−1)	1.92 ± 0.12	1.97 ± 0.14	1.82 ± 0.16	1.83 ± 0.12
HDL (mmol l−1)	1.04 ± 0.06	1.25 ± 0.11	1.03 ± 0.07	1.06 ± 0.71
Triglycerides (mmol l−1)	0.97 ± 0.07	0.97 ± 0.13	1.2 ± 0.19	1.19 ± 0.19
6 month
Total cholesterol (mmol l−1)	1.74 ± 0.21	1.87 ± 0.08	1.97 ± 0.11	1.82 ± 0.15
HDL (mmol l−1)	0.99 ± 0.14	1.23 ± 0.07	1.06 ± 0.10	1.08 ± 0.09
Triglycerides (mmol l−1)	1.11 ± 0.19	0.94 ± 0.09	1.29 ± 0.15	1.11 ± 0.17

HDL = high density lipoproteins. Data are presented as the mean ±s.e.m. of 6–10 animals per group.