Table 3.

Weighted differences in cardiac biomarkers between diets

	Absolute Difference	%-Difference
High sensitivity cardiac troponin I (limit of blank: 0.5), ng/L
Fruits & Vegetables versus Control	−0.6 (−0.9, −0.3)	−40.8 (−55.3, −21.7)
DASH versus Control	−0.5 (−0.9, −0.1)	−31.4 (−46.9, −11.5)
Fruits & Vegetables versus DASH	−0.1 (−0.3, 0.1)	−13.7 (−35.1, 14.7)
High sensitivity cardiac troponin I (limit of detection: 1.6), ng/L
Fruits & Vegetables versus Control	−0.5 (−0.9, −0.2)	−35.4 (−51.5, −13.9)
DASH versus Control	−0.5 (−0.9, −0.1)	−32.3 (−47.4, −12.9)
Fruits & Vegetables versus DASH	−0.0 (−0.2, 0.2)	−4.6 (−27.8, 26.1)
N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide, pg/mL
Fruits & Vegetables versus Control	−0.3 (−0.5, −0.1)	−21.8 (−34.7, −6.4)
DASH versus Control	−0.3 (−0.5, −0.0)	−20.1 (−33.7, −3.7)
Fruits & Vegetables versus DASH	−0.0 (−0.2, 0.1)	−2.2 (−20.2, 19.9)
High sensitivity C-reactive protein, mg/L
Fruits & Vegetables versus Control	−0.0 (−0.3, 0.2)	−2.2 (−24.5, 26.6)
DASH versus Control	−0.0 (−0.2, 0.2)	−0.2 (−21.2, 26.3)
Fruits & Vegetables versus DASH	−0.0 (−0.3, 0.2)	−2.0 (−22.8, 24.3)

Conversions: 1 ng/L high sensitivity cardiac troponin I equals 0.001 mg/L; 1 pg/mL of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide equals 1 ng/L and 0.1182 pmol/L; 1 mg/L high sensitivity C-reactive protein equals 9.5238 nmol/L