Table 2.
Mean and standard deviation (SD) for lipid profile across tertiles of DASH and MED dietary patterns1
| MED | DASH | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | T2 | T3 | P-value2 | P-value3 | T1 | T2 | T3 | P-value2 | P-value3 | |
| TC 4 | 190.4 ± 39.1 | 190.7 ± 44.9 | 191.3 ± 38.7 | 0.81 | 0.78 | 191.9 ± 41.2 | 190.7 ± 40.1 | 189.9 ± 40.1 | 0.41 | 0.01* |
| TG 4 | 161.3 ± 98.8 | 163.3 ± 95.0 | 159.2 ± 95.2 | 0.53 | 0.89 | 167.4 ± 104.4 | 157.7 ± 94.3 | 158.6 ± 90.8 | 0.01* | 0.01* |
| HDL 4 | 51.6 ± 11.6 | 52.10 ± 12.2 | 52.8 ± 12. 3 | 0.01* | 0.04* | 51.3 ± 11.6 | 52.6 ± 12.1 | 52.5 ± 12.3 | 0.01* | 0.06 |
| LDL 4 | 107.7 ± 31.2 | 106.5 ± 31.6 | 107.7 ± 30.6 | 0.54 | 0.78 | 108.3 ± 31.8 | 107.3 ± 29.9 | 106.7 ± 32.0 | 0.42 | 0.01* |
| LDL/HDL 4 | 2.16 ± 0.7 | 2.12 ± 0.7 | 2.12 ± 0.7 | 0.16 | 0.23 | 2.17 ± 0.7 | 2.12 ± 0.7 | 2.10 ± 0.7 | 0.03* | 0.01* |
1Values are reported as mean ± SD. T1: first tertile; T2: second tertile; T3: third tertile
2one-way ANOVA
3Adjusted for age, sex, and energy intake (Kcal/day), marital status (married/single/divorced or widowed), BMI, physical activity (sedentary/moderate/active), education level (illiterate/ primary school/ high school diploma/college and university), smoking (no/ yes), economic status (poor/ moderate/ good) using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA)
4TC total cholesterol, TG triglyceride, HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein
*Values with distinct superscripts are significantly different at P < 0.05