Table 5.

Response to low-fat, high advanced glycation end products (AGE) diet (LFHA) v. high fat, high AGE diet (HFHA) diets at baseline and 24 h: glucose, cholesterol, HDL, TAG, high molecular weight (HMW) adiponectin and C-reactive protein (CRP) (Medians and 25th–75th percentiles)

	LFHA diet				HFHA diet
	0 h		24 h		0 h		24 h
Variables	Median	25th–75th percentile	Median	25th–75th percentile	Median	25th–75th percentile	Median	25th–75th percentile	P†
Glucose (mmol/l)	5·16	4·71–5·49	5·05	4·77–5·33	4·99	4·94–5·55	4·93	4·77–5·55	0·50
TC (mmol/l)	5·28	4·74–5·88	5·36	4·61–6·03	5·28	4·71–7·07	5·18	4·74–6·03	0·03*
HDL (mmol/l)	1·14	0·98–1·50	1·24	1·06–1·40	1·17	1·04–1·30	1·14	1·01–1·48	0·63
TAG (mmol/l)	0·94	0·50–1·13	0·88	0·52–1·18	1·05	0·45–1·54	0·94	0·63–1·32	0·22
HMW adiponectin (µg/ml)	2·9	1·5–4·0	3·0	1·4–3·7	2·9	1·4–3·9	2·6	1·3–3·9	0·92
hsCRP (µg/ml)	1·1	0·3–3·6	1·0	0·5–2·9	1·0	0·2–2·9	1·1	0·2–2·3	0·61

TC, total cholesterol; hsCRP, high sensitivity CRP

^*Statistically significant (P < 0·05).

^†Represents the interaction between diet and time (i.e. a difference in diet response over time) from 0 to 24 h postprandial.