Table 7.
SAA concentration in serum, HDL2, and HDL3 following 12-week intervention with either a low tomato diet, lycopene supplement, or high tomato diet.
| N | Baseline | Wk 12 | Change at Wk 12 | Pre vs. post P-value |
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| Serum | Low tomato diet | 76 | 18,005 (15,307) | 20,461 (19,082) | 2456 (−494, 5407)a | 0.192 |
| Lycopene supplement | 68 | 17,095 (16,465) | 14,277 (15,355) | −2,819 (−5,326, −310)b | 0.029 | |
| High tomato diet | 81 | 15,258 (13,644) | 15,337 (14,205) | 79 (−2,514, 2,671)a, b | 0.656 | |
| Between group P-value | 0.605 | 0.097 | 0.046 | |||
| HDL2 | Low tomato diet | 69 | 2.84 (2.51) | 2.59 (2.63) | −0.25 (−0.69, 0.18) | 0.113 |
| Lycopene supplement | 59 | 3.02 (2.77) | 2.90 (3.97) | −0.12 (−0.97, 0.74) | 0.725 | |
| High tomato diet | 63 | 2.84 (2.51) | 2.59 (2.63) | −0.25 (−0.69, 0.18) | 0.195 | |
| Between group P-value | 0.676 | 0.300 | 0.221 | |||
| HDL3 | Low tomato diet | 69 | 2.55 (2.04) | 2.93 (2.68)a | 0.39 (0.09, 0.69)a | 0.001 |
| Lycopene supplement | 59 | 2.61 (2.90) | 1.84 (2.36)b | −0.77 (−1.35, 0.20)b | 0.009 | |
| High tomato diet | 63 | 2.09 (1.82) | 1.84 (2.01)b | −0.25 (−0.57, 0.08)c | 0.092 | |
| Between group P-Value | 0.372 | 0.039 | <0.001 |
Results are expressed as mean (SEM) apart from change at week 12 which are presented as mean (95% CI). SAA concentration is expressed as μg /L in serum and as μg/mg protein in HDL fractions. Differences in concentration changes at week 12 from baseline between groups were assessed by using two-factor ANOVA. Paired samples t-test was used to assess pre vs post (p ≤ 0.05). Values with different superscript letters are statistically significantly different (LSD post-hoc test).