Table 1.

Effect of diet on postmenopausal cardiovascular risk factors

Study Group	n	TPC	p-value	HDL-c	p-value	VLDL+LDL-c	p-value	TPC:HDL	p-value	TG	p-value
CL-CL	20	358 ± 23	-	39 ± 3	-	319 ± 24	-	10.5 ± 1.1	-	30 ± 2	-
Soy-Soy	17	279 ± 16	0.038	69 ± 5	<0.0001	211 ± 18	<0.0001	3.71 ± 0.3	<0.0001	43 ± 4	0.91
Soy-CL	17	345 ± 26	0.846	38 ± 3	0.700	306 ± 28	1.000	7.5 ± 0.8	0.701	35 ± 5	0.693
CL-Soy	17	255 ± 20	0.004	68 ± 6	<0.0001	184 ± 23	<0.0001	4.5 ± 0.6	<0.0001	46 ± 11	0.112

Data are presented as mean ± SEM. p-values represent group differences relative to CL-CL (Control group). CL-CL (n=20), animals fed CL diet pre and postmenopausally; Soy-Soy (n=17), animals fed Soy diet pre and postmenopausally; Soy-CL (n=17), animals fed Soy diet premenopausally and were switched to eat CL diet postmenopausally; CL-Soy (n-17), animals fed CL diet premenopausally and were switched to eat Soy diet postmenopausally. TPC, total plasma cholesterol, HDL-c, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; VLDL + LDL-c, very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol + low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TPC:HDL, ratio of TPC to HDL; TG, triglycerides