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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Patient Educ Couns. 2019 May 18;102(10):1882–1891. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2019.05.005

Table 2.

Pairwise Comparisons by Treatment Group at 6 Monthsa

Established vs. Advice Only Mean (95% CI) P-Value Established + DASH vs. Advice Only Mean (95% CI) P-Value Established + DASH vs. Established Mean (95% CI) P-Value
LDL Cholesterol (mg/dL)
 All −5.6 (−9.0 to −2.2) .001 −4.0 (002D7.6 to −0.4) .03 1.6 (−2.0 to 5.2) .39
 LDL ≥ 130 mg/dL −8.9 (−14.0 to −3.8) .001 −8.4 (−13.6 to −3.3) .001 0.5 (−4.7 to 5.7) .85
 LDL < 130 mg/dL −2.1 (−6.5 to 2.4) .37 1.7 (−3.0 to 6.4) .49 3.7 (−1.0 to 8.5) .12

HDL Cholesterol (mg/dL)
 All 1.0 (−0.0 to 2.1) .06 −0.3 (−1.3 to 0.8) .58 −1.3 (−2.4 to −0.2) .02
 HDL ≥ 40 mg/dL (Male) and 50 mg/dL (Female) 1.3 (−0.4 to 2.9) .13 −0.8 (−2.4 to 0.8) .34 −2.1 (−3.9 to −0.3) .02
 HDL < 40 mg/dL (Male) and 50 mg/dL (Female) 0.7 (−0.6 to 1.9) .32 0.3 (−1.0 to 1.6) .68 −0.4 (−1.7 to 0.9) .57

Triglycerides (mg/dL)
 All −19.7 (−30.6 to −8.8) <.001 −5.3 (−18.3 to 7.6) .42 14.4 (2.7 to 26.0) .02
 Triglyceride ≥ 200 mg/dL −71.0 (−120.4 to −21.7) .005 −23.2 (−82.3 to 35.9) .44 47.9 (−0.5 to 96.2) .05
 Triglyceride < 200 mg/dL −9.2 (−17.2 to −1.2) .02 −2.7 (−10.7 to 5.3) .51 6.5 (−1.4 to 14.5) .11

Total Cholesterol (mg/dL)
 All −7.3 (−11.1 to −3.5) <.001 −5.7 (−9.7 to −1.7) .006 1.6 (−2.6 to 5.8) .45
 Total Cholesterol ≥ 240 mg/dL −17.5 (−27.9 to −7.0) .001 −19.1 (−30.6 to −7.6) .001 −1.7 (−13.1 to 9.7) .77
 Total Cholesterol < 240 mg/dL −5.0 (−9.1 to −0.9) .02 −2.4 (−6.4 to 1.7) .26 2.6 (−1.6 to 6.9) .23
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Data are presented as mean difference (95% Confidence Interval) unless otherwise indicated