. 2012 Dec 19;2013:626414. doi: 10.5402/2013/626414

Table 2.

Effect of the almond and sunflower kernel diets on lipid and lipoprotein concentrations, blood pressure, and α-tocopherol.

	Diet	Baseline mean (SD)	Final mean (SD)	Difference (95% CI)	P value
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	Almond	5.88 (0.66)	5.55 (0.65)	−0.14 (−0.29, 0.01)	0.073
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	Sunflower kernel	6.11 (0.68)	5.56 (0.59)
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	Almond	1.27 (0.32)	1.26 (0.31)	−0.04 (−0.085, −0.001)	0.045
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	Sunflower kernel	1.32 (0.33)	1.25 (0.31)
TC : HDL-C ratio	Almond	4.90 (1.22)	4.68 (1.26)	0.01 (−0.25, 0.26)	0.943
TC : HDL-C ratio	Sunflower kernel	4.93 (1.41)	4.72 (1.22)
LDL cholesterol (mmoL/L)	Almond	3.61 (0.64)	3.34 (0.64)	−0.05 (−0.19, 0.09)	0.607
LDL cholesterol (mmoL/L)	Sunflower kernel	3.77 (0.64)	3.42 (0.61)
Triglyceride (mmoL/L)	Almond	2.10 (0.58)	2.08 (0.69)	−0.23 (−0.36, −0.09)	0.001
Triglyceride (mmoL/L)	Sunflower kernel	2.22 (0.71)	1.95 (0.60)
Apo A1 (g/L)	Almond	1.41 (0.16)	1.37 (0.17)	−0.04 (−0.07, −0.02)	0.001
Apo A1 (g/L)	Sunflower	1.45 (0.17)	1.35 (0.16)
Apo B100 (g/L)	Almond	1.04 (0.16)	0.99 (0.17)	−0.05 (−0.08, −0.02)	<0.001
Apo B100 (g/L)	Sunflower	1.09 (0.17)	0.98 (0.14)
Oxidised LDL (U/L)^†	Almond	50.67 (35–69)	47.39 (27–65)	0.96 (0.89,1.03)^‡	0.268
Oxidised LDL (U/L)^†	Sunflower	52.75 (29–84)	46.93 (29–58)
Systolic BP (mmHg)	Almond	147.36 (18.31)	141.75 (22.48)	−2.36 (−11.99, 7.25)	0.630
	Sunflower kernel	145.16 (21.05)	137.82 (20.61)
Diastolic BP (mmHg)	Almond	88.55 (9.67)	84.50 (9.97)	0.59 (−2.60, 3.77)	0.719
	Sunflower kernel	85.93 (9.35)	83.00 (9.45)
α-Tocopherol (μmoL/L)^†	Almond	32.21 (17.5–94.4)	33.33 (20.7–91.5)	0.94 (0.89, 0.99)^‡	0.013
α-Tocopherol (μmoL/L)^†	Sunflower	34.87 (19.2–88.4)	33.35 (19.7–63.7)

Values are adjusted for baseline and order, ^†results are presented as geometric mean and range, ^‡results are presented as ratio of the geometric means, and P values are for the difference between AD and SKD.