. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 8.

Published in final edited form as: Br J Nutr. 2009 May 19;102(8):1220–1227. doi: 10.1017/S0007114509382161

Table 5.

HDL-cholesterol and TAG concentrations across categories of dietary total fat intake in 4510 men and women from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis^*^†

(Mean values with their standard errors)

	Total dietary fat (% energy)
	≤25·0		25·1–30·0		30·1–33·0		33·1–37·0		37·1–40·0		≥40·1
	Mean	se	Mean	se	Mean	se	Mean	se	Mean	se	Mean	se	P_trend
All participants (n)	417		808		678		1051		700		856
HDL-cholesterol (mg/l)	514	7	517	5	517	5	517	5	525	5	528	5	0·03
TAG (mg/l)	1211	30	1268	21	1213	23	1230	18	1209	23	1169	20	0·02
Non-Hispanic whites (n)	221		358		311		428		230		320
HDL-cholesterol (mg/l)	517	9	526	7	539	8	527	6	547	9	554	8	0·002
TAG (mg/l)	1219	42	1300	32	1176	34	1266	29	1229	40	1162	35	0·12
African-Americans (n)	104		210		165		234		182		216
HDL-cholesterol (mg/l)	551	14	543	10	524	11	530	9	535	10	556	10	0·65
TAG (mg/l)	920	45	962	32	964	36	1008	30	992	34	912	32	0·91
Hispanics (n)	66		155		130		239		177		185
HDL-cholesterol (mg/l)	478	15	470	9	482	10	484	7	488	9	471	9	0·85
TAG (mg/l)	1455	84	1510	54	1440	58	1366	43	1400	50	1447	49	0·38
Chinese-Americans (n)	26		85		72		150		111		135
HDL-cholesterol (mg/l)	471	22	500	12	481	13	508	9	513	11	509	10	0·07
TAG (mg/l)	1499	122	1353	68	1454	73	1337	51	1241	59	1245	54	0·01

Adjusted for model 2 covariates: study centre, age, sex, race/ethnicity, total energy intake, education level, smoking status, smoking pack years, physical activity, alcoholic drinks per week and BMI.

^†

To convert HDL-cholesterol from mg/l to mmol/l, multiply by 0·00259; to convert TAG from mg/l to mmol/l, multiply by 0·00113.