TABLE 5.

Serum noncholesterol sterol concentration of adults who consumed control and walnut diets, each for 3 wk¹

	Control	Walnut	SEM	P
Squalene, 100 μmol/mmol cholesterol	15.9	14.0	1.87	0.25
Desmosterol, 100 μmol/mmol cholesterol	105	97.9	8.49	0.29
Lathosterol, 100 μmol/mmol cholesterol	183	169	26.8	0.06
Cholestanol, 100 μmol/mmol cholesterol	331	342	17.1	0.47
Campesterol, 100 μmol/mmol cholesterol	169	159	19.8	0.01
β-Sitosterol, 100 μmol/mmol cholesterol	75.4	77.9	10.7	0.14

¹Values are least-square means ± pooled SEMs; n = 18 participants in a crossover design. Treatment effects were evaluated with the use of a mixed-model ANOVA.