Table 3.

Means (SDs) and results from ANOVA models for laboratory-assessed primary and secondary outcomes at baseline, 3 months, and 6 months in the intervention and control groups, for the per protocol analyses.

Variable and time		Group, mean (SD)		Effects for time			Effects for time × group
		Control (n=47)a	Intervention (n=45)b	F 1, 90 c	P	Partial η2	F 1, 90 c	P	Partial η2
Saturated fat (grams)				28.7	<.001	0.24	1.2	.23	0.01
	Baseline	21.0 (8.9)	19.3 (8.9)
	3 months	16.7 (8.0)	16.2 (7.3)
	6 months	15.5 (6.4)	15.7 (9.6)
Added sugar (grams)				7.2	.009	0.07	0.1	.76	0.00
	Baseline	46.7 (34.3)	42.3 (43.0)
	3 months	35.8 (30.5)	30.4 (26.1)
	6 months	37.2 (38.1)	30.4 (38.5)
Fruit and vegetables (cups)				0.3	.57	0.00	4.0	.048	0.04
	Baseline	3.6 (1.4)	3.7 (1.7)
	3 months	3.4 (1.7)	3.8 (1.7)
	6 months	3.4 (1.5)	4.1 (1.6)
Alcohol (units per week)				1.6	.20	0.02	0.2	.69	0.00
	Baseline	6.4 (5.6)	6.3 (6.2)
	3 months	6.8 (7.2)	6.7 (6.9)
	6 months	7.2 (7.5)	6.7 (7.3)
BMI (kg/m 2 )				11.2	.001	0.11	0.1	.93	0.00
	Baseline	28.4 (5.8)	27.0 (5.9)
	3 months	28.3 (5.9)	26.8 (5.7)
	6 months	28.0 (5.9)	26.6 (5.9)
WHR				7.2	.009	0.07	0.0	.71	0.00
	Baseline	0.82 (0.09)	0.82 (0.09)
	3 months	0.81 (0.09)	0.82 (0.09)
	6 months	0.81 (0.08)	0.81 (0.08)
HRV: SDRR (ms)				1.4	.25	0.02	2.0	.13	0.02
	Baseline	45.0 (20.1)	49.6 (19.7)
	3 months	46.4 (20.1)	47.8 (18.7)
	6 months	46.1 (17.9)	43.1 (15.2)
HRV: RMSSD (ms)				1.4	.24	0.02	2.9	.06	0.03
	Baseline	28.9 (14.6)	33.1 (19.6)
	3 months	19.3 (15.3)	30.5 (16.3)
	6 months	30.2 (15.4)	25.8 (12.9)

^a For alcohol consumption, n=46 due to questionnaire completion error.

^b For alcohol consumption, n=44 due to questionnaire completion error.

^c For alcohol consumption, F _{1, 88}.