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. 2020 Jun 10;112(2):293–302. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa138

TABLE 2.

Change from baseline in anthropometric, cardiometabolic, and dietary intake parameters in response to increase in dairy intake in the ITT population

Control group (n = 38) Low-fat group (n = 36) High-fat group (n = 37)
12 wk 24 wk 12 wk 24 wk 12 wk 24 wk P 4 P5 P6
Total daily energy intake, kcal 67 (−97, 231) 90 (−92, 273) 124 (−45, 293) 26 (−168, 220) 272 (105, 439) 255 (64, 446) 0.33 0.6 0.006
Energy from total fat, % 0.2 (−2.3, 2.8) 2.8 (0.2, 5.3)1 −3.7 (−6.4, −1.1)2 −6.0 (−8.9, −3.0)3 0.7 (−2.0, 3.3) 2.5 (−0.4, 5.4) 0.00007 0.0001 0.4
Energy from saturated fat, % −0.3 (−1.7, 1.1) −0.1 (−1.5, 1.3) −0.8 (−2.3, 0.6) −1.9 (−3.3, −0.4)1 2.9 (1.4, 4.4)3 3.6 (2.2, 5.1)3 0.00002 0.00004 0.3
Energy from carbohydrate, % −0.3 (−3.1, 2.5) −1.6 (−4.7, 1.5) −0.8 (−3.6, 2.1) 1.9 (−1.3, 5.2) −1.8 (−4.6, 1.0) −3.4 (−0.2, −6.7)1 0.03 0.08 0.23
Energy from protein, % −0.2 (−2.0, 1.6) −0.7 (−2.5, 1.1) 4.6 (2.7, 6.4)3 4.5 (2.6, 6.4)3 0.6 (−1.3, 2.4) 0.8 (−1.1, 2.7) 0.0014 0.00002 0.0058
HbA1c, % 0.1 (−0.19, 0.4) 0.02 (−0.34, 0.39) 0.31 (0.01, 0.6) 0.37 (−0.02, 0.77) 0.25 (−0.05, 0.54) 0.23 (−1.16, 0.6) 0.77 0.32 0.04
Body weight, kg 0.7 (0, 1.4) 0.7 (−0.1, 1.6) 0.1 (−0.7, 0.8) −0.2 (−1, 0.6) 0.6 (−0.1, 1.3) 1 (0.1, 1.8) 0.4 0.25 0.08
BMI, kg/m2 0.2 (−0.03, 0.44) 0.23 (−0.03, 0.5) 0.02 (−0.21, 0.26) −0.09 (−0.37, 0.2) 0.18 (−0.06, 0.41) 0.32 (0.04, 0.61) 0.32 0.54 0.09
Waist circumference, cm 1.6 (−0.2, 3.4) 2.0 (−0.3, 4.4) −0.6 (−2.5, 1.2) −0.4 (−3.0, 2.2) 0.7 (−1.1, 2.5) 0.6 (−1.9, 3.0) 0.45 0.6 0.46
Hip circumference, cm 2.4 (0.6, 4.1)2 2.4 (0.1, 4.7)1 0.6 (−1.2, 2.4) 1.3 (−1.3, 3.9) −1.6 (−3.3, 0.2) 0.4 (−2.0, 2.7) 0.045 0.5 0.16
Waist/hip ratio 0 (−0.02, 0.01) 0 (−0.02, 0.02) −0.02 (−0.03, 0.003) −0.02 (−0.04, 0.001) 0.02 (0.0003, 0.04) 0.001 (−0.02, 0.02) 0.07 0.14 0.5
Body fat, % −0.9 (−2.6, 0.8) 0.8 (−1.2, 2.7) −0.9 (−2.6, 0.8) −1.6 (−3.7, 0.6) −0.8 (−2.5, 0.8) −1.4 (−3.4, 0.9) 0.48 0.23 0.06
Fat mass, kg −0.7 (−4.2, 2.7) −1.3 (−5.3, 2.7) −2.8 (−6.4, 0.7) −2.6 (−7.2, 1.9) −2.5 (−6, 1) −1.3 (−5.5, 2.8) 0.9 0.37 0.08
Fat-free mas, kg 2.2 (−4.2, 8.7) −2.3(−8.5, 3.8) −3.5 (−10.2, 3.2) 0.8(−6.1, 7.7) −1 (−7.4, 5.5) 1.2 (−5.1, 7.5) 0.44 0.12 0.9
Total body water, kg 1.7 (−3.1, 6.4) −1.7 (−6.2, 2.7) −2.6 (−7.5, 2.3) 0.5 (−4.4, 5.6) −0.7 (−5.4, 4) 1.3 (−3.3, 5.9) 0.4 0.14 0.9
Trunk fat, % 0.5 (−0.8, 1.8) 0.1 (−1.3, 1.5) 0.6 (−0.7, 2) −0.2 (−1.7, 1.3) −0.5 (−1.8, 0.7) −0.4 (−1.8, 1) 0.7 0.12 0.67
Visceral fat, arbitrary units −0.1 (−1.1, 0.9) −0.3 (−1.6, 0.9) 0.06 (−1, 1.1) −0.2 (−1.5, 1.2) −0.4 (−1.4, 0.6) −0.2 (−1.5, 1) 0.9 0.32 0.8
CRP, mg/L −0.3 (−2.2, 1.6) 1.2 (−1.1, 3.6) −2 (−0.1, −3.9) −2 (−4.5, 0.5) −1.6 (−3.4, 0.3) −1.5 (−3.9, 0.9) 0.33 0.33 0.03
Fasting glucose, mg/dL 3 (−18, 23) −13 (−36, 10) 12 (−9, 33) −2 (−26, 22) −3 (−24, 18) −15 (−38, 9) 0.88 0.2 0.03
HOMA-IR 0 (−9.4, 9.3) −1.3 (−10.8, 8.3) 0.4 (−9.2, 9.9) −0.6 (−11.0, 9.8) −1.0 (−10, 8) 10.6 (0.8, 20.4) 0.31 0.06 0.5
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg −2 (−7, 3) −5 (−10, 1) −5 (−10, 1) −1 (−7, 5) −1 (−7, 4) 1 (−5, 6) 0.39 0.8 0.3
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg −2 (−5, 1) −2 (−5, 1) −1 (−4, 2) 2 (−1, 5) 2(−1, 5) −1 (−4, 3) 0.16 0.75 0.8
Lipid profile
 Total cholesterol, mg/dL −1 (−8, 7) 1 (−10, 11) −2 (−9, 6) 4 (−8, 15) 1 (−6, 8) 13 (2, 24) 0.6 0.22 0.16
 HDL-C, mg/dL −1 (−3, 1) 0 (−2, 2) −4 (−6, −2) −1 (−3, 1) 1 (−1, 4) 1 (−2, 3) 0.07 0.9 0.33
 LDL-C, mg/dL 0 (−7, 7) 0 (−11, 10) −1 (−8, 6) 5 (−7, 16) −3 (−10, 3) 7 (−3, 18) 0.68 0.23 0.2
 VLDL-C, mg/dL 0 (−3, 4) 2 (−2, 6) 3 (−1, 7) 4 (−1, 9) 4 (0.3, 8) 6 (1, 10) 0.64 0.06 0.008
 Triglycerides, mg/dL 14 (−32, 61) 17 (−10, 43) 51 (4, 99) 10 (−19, 39) 11 (−36, 58) 18 (−10, 45) 0.65 0.66 0.07

Data are mean (95% CI).

1

P < 0.05.

2

P < 0.01.

3

P < 0.001 compared with baseline.

4

P value for group*time interaction.

5

P value for group effect.

6

P value for time effect.

P values calculated from unadjusted analyses using a linear mixed-effects model (analogous to repeated-measures ANOVA; PROC MIXED) with group, visit, and group-by-visit interaction as fixed effects and subject as a random effect.

CRP, C-reactive protein; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin.