Relationship between Green and Yellow Vegetable Intakes and High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Collegiate Women

Abstract

  The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between green and yellow vegetable intakes and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). Subjects were 103 collegiate women, who neither drank nor smoked. The results of the multiple regression analysis showed that HDL-C and HDL2-C were significantly related with green and yellow vegetable intakes and body weight. When subjects were subdivided into 3 groups according to green and yellow vegetable intakes, the lowest category showed significantly lower HDL-C than the highest and middle categories after adjusting for body weight in the analysis of covariance. These results indicate that green and yellow vegetable intakes are related with HDL-C and HDL2-C, and HDL-C decreases with decreasing green and yellow vegetable intakes.