Table 2 Mean and standard deviation (SD) for lipid profile across tertiles of DASH and MED dietary patterns¹

TC ⁴

190.4 ± 39.1

190.7 ± 44.9

191.3 ± 38.7

0.81

0.78

191.9 ± 41.2

190.7 ± 40.1

189.9 ± 40.1

0.41

0.01^*

TG ⁴

161.3 ± 98.8

163.3 ± 95.0

159.2 ± 95.2

0.53

0.89

167.4 ± 104.4

157.7 ± 94.3

158.6 ± 90.8

0.01^*

0.01^*

HDL ⁴

51.6 ± 11.6

52.10 ± 12.2

52.8 ± 12. 3

0.01^*

0.04^*

51.3 ± 11.6

52.6 ± 12.1

52.5 ± 12.3

0.01^*

0.06

LDL ⁴

107.7 ± 31.2

106.5 ± 31.6

107.7 ± 30.6

0.54

0.78

108.3 ± 31.8

107.3 ± 29.9

106.7 ± 32.0

0.42

0.01^*

LDL/HDL ⁴

2.16 ± 0.7

2.12 ± 0.7

2.12 ± 0.7

0.16

0.23

2.17 ± 0.7

2.12 ± 0.7

2.10 ± 0.7

0.03^*

0.01^*