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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2023 Jan 9;31(2):338–349. doi: 10.1002/oby.23618

Table 3.

Intervention and time effects on lipoprotein subclass concentration and size parameters.

LSMEAN (95% CI) p value
Baseline 6 Month 12 Month Group Time Group × Time
n
 DIET 124 107 89 - - -
 DIET+PA150 127 105 88 - - -
 DIET+PA250 123 107 86 - - -
LDL-C, mg/dL 0.216 <0.0001*** 0.262
 DIET 95.2 (90.6, 99.7) 89.2 (84.5, 93.9) 87.9 (83.1, 92.7)
 DIET+PA150 98.3 (93.8, 102.9) 93.6 (88.9, 98.2) 94.4 (89.4, 99.3)
 DIET+PA250 98.9 (94.3, 103.4) 90.1 (85.4, 94.8) 93.3 (88.4, 98.2)
Concentration LDL particles, nmol/L 0.280 <0.0001*** 0.402
 DIET 1441.2 (1372.2, 1510.2) 1334.0 (1263.3, 1404.8) 1307.3 (1234.8, 1379.8)
 DIET+PA150 1496.6 (1428.2, 1565.0) 1390.8 (1320.2, 1461.5) 1393.0 (1319.2, 1466.8)
 DIET+PA250 1483.2 (1414.5, 1552.0) 1329.9 (1258.7, 1401.2) 1369.0 (1295.2, 1442.8)
LDL-C size, nm 0.428 <0.0001*** 0.951
 DIET 20.8 (20.7, 20.9) 20.9 (20.8, 21.0) 20.9 (20.8, 21.0)
 DIET+PA150 20.8 (20.7, 20.9) 20.9 (20.8, 21.0) 21.0 (20.9, 21.1)
 DIET+PA250 20.9 (20.7, 21.0) 20.9 (20.8, 21.0) 21.0 (20.9, 21.1)
Concentration small LDL particles, nmol/L 0.367 <0.0001*** 0.623
 DIET 851.7 (780.7,922.7) 724.2 (649.7, 798.7) 688.0 (609.9, 766.0)
 DIET+PA150 851.6 (781.2, 922.0) 753.6 (679.1, 828.0) 764.1 (683.8, 844.5)
 DIET+PA250 793.2 (722.3, 864.1) 719.1 (643.8, 794.5) 693.6 (613.2, 774.1)
HDL-C, mg/dL 0.437 <0.0001*** 0.159
 DIET 50.7 (48.3, 53.1) 50.2 (47.8, 52.7) 53.8 (51.3, 56.3)
 DIET+PA150 49.7 (47.3, 52.0) 50.2 (47.8, 52.6) 55.2 (52.7, 57.7)
 DIET+PA250 50.8 (48.5, 53.2) 52.2 (49.8, 54.7) 56.7 (54.1, 59.2)
Concentration HDL particles, μmol/L 0.007** <0.0001*** 0.165
 DIET 20.2 (19.6, 20.8) 19.2 (18.6, 19.9) 19.9 (19.3, 20.5)
 DIET+PA150 20.5 (19.9, 21.1) 19.8 (19.2, 20.4) 20.8 (20.1, 21.4)
 DIET+PA250 21.0 (20.4, 21.6) 20.3 (19.6, 20.9) 21.5 (20.8, 22.1)
HDL-C size, nm 0.614 <0.0001*** 0.192
 DIET 9.00 (8.91, 9.03) 9.07 (9.01, 9.14) 9.15 (9.08, 9.21)
 DIET+PA150 8.93 (8.87, 9.00) 9.04 (9.0, 9.11) 9.13 (9.06, 9.20)
 DIET+PA250 8.91 (8.84, 8.97) 9.08 (9.01, 9.14) 9.10 (9.03, 9.17)
Concentration large HDL particle, μmol/L 0.820 <0.0001*** 0.357
 DIET 2.0 (1.7, 2.2) 2.3 (2.0, 2.5) 2.7 (2.5, 3.0)
 DIET+PA150 1.9 (1.7, 2.2) 2.3 (2.0, 2.5) 2.7 (2.4, 2.9)
 DIET+PA250 1.8 (1.5, 2.0) 2.3 (2.0, 2.6) 2.6 (2.3, 2.9)
Concentration very large TRLP particle, nmol/L 0.683 <0.0001*** 0.202
 DIET 0.16 (0.12, 0.21) 0.14 (0.09, 0.19) 0.11 (0.05, 0.16)
 DIET+PA150 0.20 (0.16, 0.24) 0.12 (0.08, 0.17) 0.12 (0.06, 0.17)
 DIET+PA250 0.23 (0.19, 0.28) 0.11 (0.06, 0.16) 0.13 (0.07, 0.18)
Concentration Triglyceride, mg/dL 0.982 <0.0001*** 0.822
 DIET 135.8 (125.2, 146.4) 116.5 (105.6, 127.4) 111.2 (100.0, 122.5)
 DIET+PA150 139.3 (128.8, 149.7) 115.6 (104.7, 126.5) 110.8 (99.3, 122.3)
 DIET+PA250 138.7 (128.1, 149.2) 112.3 (101.3, 123.3) 111.1 (99.6, 122.6)

Values are least square mean (95% confidence interval); All analyses were adjusted for sex and race (white/non-white).

*

p<0.05;

**

p<0.01;

***

p<0.0001