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Table 2 Changes in anthropometric parameters, lipid profile, inflammatory profile and apolipoproteins after 3 months of dietary interventions

From: Effects of a dietary intervention with lacto-ovo-vegetarian and Mediterranean diets on apolipoproteins and inflammatory cytokines: results from the CARDIVEG study

 

MD pre (n = 52)

MD post (n = 52)

Δ change

p value

VD pre (n = 52)

VD post (n = 52)

Δ change

p value

pΔ

Anthropometric parameters

 Body weight, kg

80.94 (76.36;85.52)

78.78 (74.35;83.22)

− 2.16 (− 2.89;− 1.42)

 < 0.001

80.88 (76.18; 85.58)

78.97 (74.57; 83.38)

− 1.90 (− 2.75;− 1.05)

 < 0.001

0.361

 BMI, kg/m2

29.22 (27.98; 30.45)

28.44 (27.25; 29.64)

− 0.77 (− 1.02;− 0.52)

 < 0.001

29.22 (27.89; 30.55)

28.55 (27.31; 29.79)

− 0.67 (− 0.98;− 0.36)

 < 0.001

0.263

 Fat mass, kg

29.69 (26.47; 32.91)

27.94 (24.94; 30.95)

− 1.75 (− 2.38;− 1.12)

 < 0.001

29.37 (26.16; 32.58)

28.20 (24.94; 31.47)

− 1.17 (− 1.85;− 0.48)

0.001

0.160

 Free fat mass, kg

51.25 (48.28; 54.21)

50.84 (47.87; 53.81)

− 0.41 (− 0.85; 0.04)

0.074

51.50 (48.47; 54.54)

50.77 (47.90; 53.64)

− 0.74 (− 1.37;− 0.11)

0.022

0.385

Lipid profile

 Triglycerides, mg/dL

123.01 (103.33; 142.83)

112.02 (95.58; 128.46)

− 11.06 (− 20.11;− 2.01)

0.018

115.58 (99.28; 131.87)

125.23 (104.42; 146.05)

9.65 (− 4.55; 23.86)

0.178

0.007

 Total cholesterol, mg/dL

203.54 (193,51; 213.57)

203.65 (194.94; 212.37)

0.12 (− 6.41; 6.64)

0.972

207.27 (197.84; 216.70)

202.21 (192.48; 211.94)

− 5.06 (− 11.40; 1.29)

0.116

0.598

 LDL-cholesterol, mg/dL

123.56 (113.93; 133.19)

125.29 (117.09; 133.49)

1.73 (− 4.40; 7.86)

0.573

128.48 (120.01; 136.95)

122.05 (112.73; 131.36)

− 6.44 (− 12.48;− 0.39)

0.038

0.324

 HDL-cholesterol, mg/dL

55.37 (51.35; 59.38)

55.96 (52.32; 59.60)

0.60 (− 1.47; 2.66)

0.565

55.67 (52.24; 59.11)

54.96 (51.08; 58.84)

− 0.71 (− 2.60; 1.18)

0.452

0.157

Inflammatory profile

 IL-1ra, pg/mL

23.60 (18.15; 29.05)

15.73 (11.37; 20.08)

− 7.87 (− 12.82;− 2.92)

0.002

18.05 (13.55; 22.56)

14.93 (10.53; 19.32)

− 3.13 (− 7.74; 1.48)

0.179

0.315

 IL-4, pg/mL

0.25 (0.16; 0.35)

0.29 (0.20; 0.37)

0.03 (− 0.5; 0.1)

0.407

0.23 (0.15; 0.31)

0.29 (0.20; 0.38)

0.06 (− 0.00; 0.12)

0.067

0.823

 IL-6, pg/mL

1.42 (1.09; 1.75)

1.09 (0.82; 1.35)

− 0.33 (− 0.56;− 0.10)

0.005

1.31 (0.97; 1.65)

1.06 (0.83; 1.28)

− 0.26 (− 0.55; 0.04)

0.083

0.445

 IL-8, pg/mL

7.07 (4.86; 9.27)

6.18 (3.97; 8.38)

− 0.89 (− 3.76; 1.98)

0.536

8.30 (5.78; 10.82)

5.16 (3.19; 7.12)

− 3.14 (− 6.15;− 0.12)

0.042

0.189

 IL-10, pg/mL

5.88 (3.46; 8.30)

3.69 (2.08; 5.30)

− 2.19 (− 3.81;− 0.58)

0.009

4.80 (2.88; 6.72)

4.99 (2.72; 7.26)

0.19 (− 1.56; 1.94)

0.827

0.046

 IL-12, pg/mL

25.45 (19.99; 30.91)

18.18 (13.22; 23.14)

− 7.28 (− 11.35;− 3.20)

 < 0.001

21.28 (16.58; 25.99)

18.27 (13.67; 22.87)

− 3.01 (− 6.12; 0.09)

0.057

0.083

 IL-17, pg/mL

9.22 (5.95; 12.49)

4.69 (3.05; 6.32)

− 4.53 (− 7.37;− 1.70)

0.002

6.54 (4.44; 8.65)

5.75 (4.36; 7.13)

− 0.80 (− 2.75; 1.16)

0.416

0.012

 MCP-1, pg/mL

32.95 (27.41; 38.49)

18.75 (16.24; 21.27)

− 14.20 (− 19.53;− 8.87)

 < 0.001

27.92 (23.06; 32.78)

21.53 (17.79; 25.27)

− 6.39 (− 10.78;− 2.01)

0.005

0.059

 MIP-1β, pg/mL

59.88 (52.06; 67.70)

48.94 (41.72; 56.16)

− 10.94 (− 18.85;− 3.02)

0.008

58.63 (49.99; 67.27)

47.18 (41.06; 53.29)

− 11.45 (− 20.18;− 2.72)

0.011

0.621

 VEGF, pg/mL

68.55 (56.10; 80.99)

49.06 (39.90; 58.23)

− 19.48 (− 28.97;− 9.99)

 < 0.001

58.97 (47.47; 70.47)

46.21 (36.55; 55.86)

− 12.76 (− 20.61;− 4.90)

0.002

0.706

 TNF-α, pg/mL

4.61 (3.40; 5.82)

4.32 (3.01; 5.63)

− 0.29 (− 1.42; 0.84)

0.608

5.06 (3.55; 6.58)

4.38 (3.41; 5.35)

− 0.68 (− 1.91; 0.54)

0.267

0.907

 IP-10, pg/mL

566.44 (439.57; 693.31)

501.80 (400.57; 603.04)

− 64.64 (− 146.45; 17.18)

0.119

609.78 (462.31; 757.24)

491.37 (377.37; 605.37)

− 118.41 (− 211.20;− 25.61)

0.013

0.168

 IFN-γ, pg/mL

5.16 (3.55; 6.77)

6.02 (4.02; 8.01)

0.86 (− 1.05; 2.77)

0.371

7.89 (4.84; 10.95)

4.98 (3.62; 6.35)

− 2.91 (− 5.26;− 0.56)

0.016

0.368

Apolipoproteins

 ApoA-I, mg/dL

158.31 (145.01; 171.62)

167.91 (154.46; 181.36)

9.60 (− 9.17; 28.36)

0.309

158.14 (143.50; 172.78)

162.37 (149.99; 174.75)

4.23 (− 14.37; 22.83)

0.649

0.626

 ApoB, mg/dL

78.02 (73.08; 82.96)

76.78 (71.58; 81.99)

− 1.24 (− 7.36; 4.88)

0.686

78.60 (73.43; 83.78)

79.14 (73.66; 84.62)

0.54 (− 5.52; 6.60)

0.859

0.552

 ApoB/ApoA-I

0.54 (0.48; 0.59)

0.50 (0.45; 0.55)

− 0.04 (− 0.11; 0.03)

0.213

0.54 (0.49; 0.60)

0.53 (0.48; 0.59)

− 0.01 (− 0.07; 0.05)

0.726

0.435

 ApoC-I, mg/dL

32.01 (26.56; 37.46)

35.39 (29.32; 41.45)

3.38 (− 3.95; 10.70)

0.358

30.76 (25.71; 35.80)

38.28 (31.79; 44.77)

7.52 (1.22; 13.83)

0.020

0.265

 ApoC-III, mg/dL

6.47 (5.73; 7.22)

6.60 (5.87; 7.32)

0.12 (− 0.79; 1.03)

0.791

6.60 (5.95; 7.25)

6.23 (5.48; 6.98)

− 0.37 (− 1.13; 0.38)

0.326

0.483

 ApoD, μg/dL

59.76 (51.91; 67.61)

63.48 (56.49; 70.47)

3.72 (− 5.47; 12.91)

0.420

60.89 (54.37; 67.40)

64.82 (56.45; 73.20)

3.94 (− 3.05; 10.93)

0.263

0.868

 ApoE, mg/dL

3.05 (2.62; 3.47)

2.99 (2.62; 3.37)

− 0.05 (− 0.54; 0.44)

0.838

2.97 (2.59; 3.36)

3.40 (2.99; 3.81)

0.42 (− 0.01; 0.856)

0.054

0.138

  1. Bold values used to highlight significant differences
  2. Italics have been used to report the p-value
  3. Apo apolipoprotein, BMI Body Mass Index, HDL high-density lipoprotein, IFN interferon, , IL interleukin, IP interferon-γ–induced protein, LDL low-density lipoprotein, MCP monocyte chemoattractant protein, MD Mediterranean diet, MIP macrophage inflammatory protein, TNF tumor necrosis factor, VEGF vascular endothelial growth factor, VD vegetarian diet. Data are reported as mean ± SD or number and percentage as appropriate
  4. Data are reported as geometric mean and 95% confidence intervals. General linear model for repeated measurements adjusted for order of treatment (anthropometric parameters, lipid profile, inflammatory profile and apolipoproteins) and weight change (lipid profile, inflammatory profile and apolipoproteins)