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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nutr Res. 2017 Nov 2;50:63–72. doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2017.10.017

Table 1.

Baseline Participant Characteristics

Usual/Plac Usual/Supp Antiox-
Food/Plac
Characteristics
Demographics
Sex, Women, [n (%)] 19 (66%) 19 (66%) 18 (60%)
Age (y) 52 ± 9 52 ± 11 49 ± 10
Education (y) 18 ± 2 17 ± 4 18 ± 2
Race/Ethnicity [n (%)]
  White 22 (76%) 21 (72%) 18 (60%)
  Asian 6 (21%) 5 (17%) 9 (30%)
  Hispanic 0 1 (3%) 2 (7%)
  Black 1 (3%) 2 (7%) 1 (3%)
Anthropometrics
Body mass index (kg/m2) 27 ± 3 27 ± 5 27 ± 4
Cardiovascular disease risk factors
LDL-C (mg/dL) 134 ± 30 136 ± 30 127 ± 26
HDL-C (mg/dL) 60 ± 15 63 ± 12 56 ± 11
Triglycerides (mg/dL) 116 ± 48 109 ± 53 130 ± 68
Blood pressure (mm HG)
  Systolic 116 ± 15 118 ± 20 116 ± 17
  Diastolic 70 ± 10 72 ± 12 67 ± 8

All values are means ± SD, unless otherwise indicated.

Usual/Plac, placebo group (usual diet and placebo pills), n=29; Usual/Supp, supplement group (usual diet and antioxidant supplement), n=29; Antiox-Food/Plac, diet group (antioxidant-rich diet and placebo pills), n=30.