The control diet, which increased dietary linoleic acid by 38 % but did not alter saturated fat, produced a modest but significant reduction in
serum cholesterol compared with
baseline (− 5 mg / dL (SD 30 mg / dL); − 1.0 % (SD 14.5 %); P < 0.001)(fig 3 ⇑ and table 2 ⇑).