Table 2.

Association between dietary factors and lipids in PRECISE and Caerphilly Prospective studies

PRECISE study
Association between dietary factors and total cholesterol
Fat total energy % intake Beta (± S.E), Passociation	Protein total energy % intake Beta (± S.E), Passociation	Carbohydrate total energy % intake Beta (± S.E), Passociation
0.01 (0.01) 0.47	−0.01 (0.01) 0.13	−0.004 (0.01) 0.40
Association between three dietary factors and HDL-C high density lipoprotein
Fat total energy % intake	Protein total energy % intake	Carbohydrate total energy % intake
−0.002 (0.002) 0.29	−0.002 (0.004) 0.59	− 0.004 (0.002) 0.02
Caerphilly Prospective study
Association between three dietary factors and total cholesterol
Fat total energy % intake Beta (± S.E), Passociation	Protein total energy % intake Beta (± S.E), Passociation	Carbohydrate total energy % intake Beta (± S.E), Passociation
0.01 (0.004) 0.06	−0.01 (0.01) 0.26	−0.01 (0.004) 0.17

HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol

P values were obtained using linear regression adjusted for age, sex, body mass index and country