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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 27.
Published in final edited form as: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 1995 Feb;15(2):169–178. doi: 10.1161/01.atv.15.2.169

Table 1.

Subject Characteristics

Characteristic Mean±SD Range
Age, y 23.5±1.9 21–28
Weight, kg 55.5±6.0 47–65
BMI, kg/m2 20.8±1.5 18.9–23.0
Total cholesterol, mmol/L 4.06±0.33 3.59–4.70
Triglycerides, mmol/L 0.86±0.23 0.61–1.30
LDL cholesterol, mmol/L 2.38±0.33 1.78–2.85
HDL cholesterol, mmol/L 1.51±0.27 1.16–1.83

BMI indicates body mass index. Plasma lipid values were determined from a single blood sample obtained at the time of recruitment for the study before subjects began the diets. To convert millimoles per liter cholesterol to milligrams per deciliter, multiply by 38.67. To convert millimoles per liter triglycerides to milligrams per deciliter, multiply by 88.57.