In this set of subjects the median Lp[a] level was 69 mg/l on both the stearate and the linoleate acid diets (Table 6). It rose to 85 mg/l on the tram-fatty acid diet
(range of individual changes relative to stearic acid diet: -99 to 230 mg/l; Friedman test: P=0.006, ANOVA: P=0.018). The difference between the tram-fatty acid diet and the linoleate diet was also highly significant (Friedman test: P < 0.001, ANOVA: P=O.O18). Gender did not affect the changes observed.