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Table 1 Mean changes in selected risk factors from baseline to 30 days

From: The effect of a low-fat, plant-based lifestyle intervention (CHIP) on serum HDL levels and the implications for metabolic syndrome status – a cohort study

Factor

Participants (n)

Baseline

Post-intervention

Mean change

95% confidence interval

% change

t statistic

p value

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

SBP (mmHg)

4550

133.30

19.08

126.35

16.51

-6.95

-7.39, -6.51

-5.2

31.13

<0.001

DBP (mmHg)

4552

79.83

11.04

75.69

9.89

-4.14

-4.43, -3.85

-5.2

28.22

<0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

4514

31.01

7.30

30.03

7.01

-0.98

-1.01, -0.96

-3.2

78.11

<0.001

TC (mg/dl)

4655

193.55

41.75

172.09

37.83

-21.46

-22.23, -20.69

-11.1

54.73

<0.001

HDL (mg/dl)

4654

54.84

25.76

50.07

23.16

-4.77

-5.03, -4.51

-8.7

36.56

<0.001

LDL (mg/dl)

4550

131.10

62.02

114.00

54.87

-17.10

-17.90, -16.30

-13.0

41.98

<0.001

TG (mg/dl)

4650

143.35

90.02

132.30

74.55

-11.05

-12.80, -9.31

-7.7

12.41

<0.001

FPG (mg/dl)

4587

101.29

28.94

94.86

20.99

-6.43

-6.96, -5.90

-6.3

23.99

<0.001

TC:HDL

4651

4.01

1.48

3.88

1.40

-0.13

-0.15, -0.11

-3.2

12.00

<0.001

LDL:HDL

4548

2.56

1.04

2.43

0.98

-0.14

-0.15, -0.12

-5.3

15.48

<0.001