TABLE 4.

The effects of DASH diet on lipid profile, fasting blood sugar, and blood pressure ^a

	DASH Diet (n = 20)				Control Diet (n = 20)				p c
	Baseline	End of trial	Change	P b	Baseline	End of trial	Change	p b
SBP (mmHg)	12.00 ± 1.21	11.51 ± 0.90	−0.48 ± 0.59	0.002	12.00 ± 0.97	12.10 ± 0.61	0.10 ± 0.79	.54	<.001
DBP (mmHg)	8.15 ± 0.98	7.66 ± 0.68	−0.49 ± 0.49	<0.001	8.1 ± 0.78	8.15 ± 0.55	0.05 ± 0.69	.70	0.96
FBS (mg/dl)	96.00 ± 9.95	90.13 ± 7.44	−5.86 ± 5.70	<0.001	95.2 ± 8.81	94.39 ± 8.18	−0.80 ± 6.00	.55	.004
TC (mg/dl)	155.85 ± 18.81	139.77 ± 18.97	−16.07 ± 10.43	<0.001	95.2 ± 8.81	134.96 ± 25.40	−0.13 ± 11.78	.95	.001
TG (mg/dl)	114.45 ± 54.50	97.23 ± 44.86	−17.21 ± 20.1	0.001	113.8 ± 41.80	110.74 ± 49.08	−3.00 ± 15.65	0.18	.04
HDL‐c (mg/dl)	43.60 ± 7.17	46.99 ± 7.55	3.39 ± 4.14	0.002	39.75 ± 7.87	40.43 ± 7.75	0.68 ± 2.56	.26	.01
LDL‐c (mg/dl)	88.40 ± 19.41	78.6 ± 15.13	−9.79 ± 12.53	0.002	92.65 ± 25.84	94.42 ± 23.94	1.77 ± 12.12	.52	.001
Vitamin C (mg/dl)	0.42 ± 0.21	0.70 ± 0.23	0.28 ± 0.19	<0.001	0.36 ± 0.21	0.46 ± 0.23	0.10 ± 0.15	.007	.001

Abbreviations: DBP, diastolic blood pressure;FBS, fasting blood glucose; HDL‐c, high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL‐c, low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol; SBP, systolic blood pressure; SGOT, serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglycerides.

^aVariables are expressed as mean ± SD.

^bObtained from paired t test.

^cObtained from ANCOVA, adjusted for baseline value.