Table 3.
Blood lipids in adults with mildly to moderately elevated blood pressure during the reduced-salt and usual-salt dietary periods.
| Dietary Period | Usual-Salt | Reduced-Salt | p-Value 1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plasma 2: | |||||
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 192.9 | 33.7 | 195.9 | 33.9 | 0.262 |
| LDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 119.3 | 29.6 | 122.0 | 30.3 | 0.266 |
| HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 54.4 | 14.9 | 53.9 | 14.7 | 0.451 |
| TAG (mg/dL) | 96.0 | 44.9 | 100.9 | 46.9 | 0.184 |
1P-value for treatment effect; there was no significant carry-over effects (p > 0.67, in all cases). 2 Based on n = 90. LDL, Low Density Lipoprotein; HDL, High Density Lipoprotein; TAG, Triacylglycerol.