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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 20.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Nutr. 2010 Mar 23;104(1):125–134. doi: 10.1017/S0007114510000644

Table 3.

Outcome measures for the WHOLEheart study*

(Median values and standard deviations)

Baseline
Week 8
Week 16
Control
Intervention 1
Intervention 2
Control
Intervention 1
Intervention 2
Control
Intervention 1
Intervention 2
Median SD Median SD Median SD Median SD Median SD Median SD Median SD Median SD Median SD
Minimisation
 Age 45·6 10 45·9 10·1 45·7 9·9
 Percentage male 49·0 50·0 51·2
 BMI (kg/m2) 30·0 4·0 30·0 3·7 30·3 4·5
Anthropometry
 Weight (kg) 86·7 14·0 86·7 14·2 86·0 13·2 87·1 14·0 86·9 14·5 86·3 13·2 86·7 13·8 87·4 14·8 86·2 13·0
 Body fat (%) 34·6 9·1 34·0 8·3 33·3 9·4 34·2 9·1 34·8 8·5 33·4 9·1 34·9 9·0 35·0 8·2 33·6 9·5
 Systolic BP
  (mmHg)
127·3 14·8 125·5 16·1 129·5 15·5 126·0 15·0 125·5 16·9 127·3 16·3 124·3 14·9 123·5 17·4 126·8 16·2
 Diastolic BP
  (mmHg)
79·8 10·2 79·0 9·8 79·0 9·3 78·5 10·5 78·8 10·6 77·5 10·3 77·0 9·7 76·5 10·0 77·8 10·1
Lipid profile
 Total cholesterol
  (mmol/l)
5·2 1·0 5·1 0·8 5·3 1·0 5·2 1·1 5·2 0·8 5·4 1·0 5·4 1·0 5·2 0·9 5·5 1·1
 HDL-cholesterol
  (mmol/l)
1·3 0·3 1·3 0·3 1·3 0·2 1·3 0·3 1·3 0·3 1·3 0·3 1·4 0·3 1·3 0·3 1·3 0·3
 LDL-cholesterol
  (mmol/l)
3·2 0·9 3·2 0·7 3·3 0·8 3·1 0·9 3·2 0·7 3·3 0·8 3·2 0·9 3·3 0·8 3·4 0·9
 TAG (mmol/l) 1·5 1·0 1·4 0·8 1·4 0·8 1·4 0·9 1·4 1·0 1·3 0·9 1·4 0·8 1·3 0·9 1·5 0·8
 NEFA (mmol/l) 0·52 0·23 0·55 0·19 0·51 0·2 0·50 0·18 0·54 0·21 0·48 0·19 0·50 0·2 0·51 0·17 0·44 0·20
Insulin sensitivity
 Glucose (mmol/l) 5·5 0·5 5·6 0·7 5·4 0·7 5·5 0·6 5·5 0·8 5·5 0·8 5·5 0·6 5·4 1·0 5·4 0·5
 Insulin (pmol/l) 59·2 34·3 53·7 53·4 49·6 33·0 62·3 47·2 55·8 58·1 54·2 30·8 59·6 66·1 50·5 46·0 57·7 32·1
 Modified QUICKI 0·38 0·06 0·38 0·05 0·40 0·05 0·39 0·05 0·39 0·04 0·39 0·05 0·38 0·05 0·39 0·04 0·39 0·05
Endothelial function
 ICAM-1 (ng/ml) 222 52·1 215 41·4 221 46·3 222 59·2 223·0 39·0 225 50·6 231 58·4 219 45·8 229 57·8
 VCAM-1 (ng/ml) 661 135 686 141 711 131 663 130 667 139 687 138 667 140 670 146 687 143
 E-selectin (ng/ml) 32·3 13·3 30·3 13·7 30·2 13·0 32·0 11·9 32·0 11·9 29·7 13·6 35·1 12·8 35·1 12·8 30·5 14·0
Inflammatory status
 Sialic acid (mg/l) 671 83 683 82 701 93 668 89 691 75 704 89 671 92 676 78 691 102
 CRP (mg/l) 2·4 2·3 2·4 9·9 3·2 4·6 2·7 2·8 2·6 2·5 3·5 7·2 2·9 3·5 3·1 4·3 3·2 5·9
 Fibrinogen (g/l) 3·1 0·6 3·1 0·7 3·2 0·8 3·0 0·7 3·2 0·7 3·3 0·9 3·1 0·6 3·2 0·7 3·2 0·9
 PAI-1 (ng/ml) 18·1 42·9 14·4 40·9 11·6 27·9 18·3 35·8 16·1 34·3 15·0 35·2 17·0 31·2 13·9 30·6 12·7 31·4

BP, blood pressure; QUICKI, quantitative insulin sensitivity check index; ICAM-1, intercellular adhesion molecule 1; VCAM-1, vascular cell adhesion molecule 1; CRP, C-reactive protein; PAI-1, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1.

*

Age, sex (percentage male) and BMI were used in participant randomisation.