Table 9.
Lipoprotein size in response to 12-week intervention with high tomato, lycopene, and control dietsa.
| High tomato n = 81 |
Lycopene n = 68 |
Control n = 76 |
Pb | Pc | ||
| VLDL size (nm) | Baseline | 49.20 (1.28) | 46.99 (1.00) | 48.42 (1.07) | 0.935 | |
| Wk12b | 48.97 (0.98) | 50.00 (1.95) | 49.30 (1.10) | 0.865 | ||
| LDL size (nm) | Baseline | 21.50 (0.82) | 21.32 (0.96) | 21.40 (0.87) | 0.356 | |
| Wk12 | 21.44 (0.81) | 21.40 (0.97) | 21.43 (0.95) | 0.931 | ||
| HDL size (nm) | Baseline | 9.20 (0.06) | 9.21 (0.07) | 9.24 (0.06) | 0.892 | |
| Wk12 | 9.21 (0.06) | 9.20 (0.07) | 9.26 (0.06) | 0.785 |
a
Data are the mean (SEM).
b
Differences at baseline were assessed by using one-factor ANOVA on log-transformed values.
c
Differences in size changes from baseline between the dietary intervention groups were assessed by using one-factor ANOVA.