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Corresponding Author: Michael L. Dansinger, MD, Atherosclerosis Research Laboratory, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Box 216, Boston Dispensary 342, 750 Washington St, Boston, MA 02111 (mdansinger@tufts-nemc.org).

Author Contributions: Dr Dansinger had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.

Study concept and design: Dansinger, Griffith, Selker, Schaefer.

Acquisition of data: Dansinger, Gleason, Schaefer.

Analysis and interpretation of data: Dansinger, Gleason, Selker, Schaefer.

Drafting of the manuscript: Dansinger, Griffith, Schaefer.

Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Dansinger, Gleason, Griffith, Selker, Schaefer.

Statistical analysis: Dansinger, Griffith.

Obtained funding: Dansinger, Selker, Schaefer.

Administrative, technical, or material support: Dansinger, Gleason, Selker, Schaefer.

Study supervision: Selker, Schaefer.

Funding/Support: This study was supported by grants MO1-RR00054 from the General Clinical Research Center via the National Center for Research Resources of the National Institutes of Health (NIH); HL57477 from the NIH; contract 53-1950-5-003 from the US Department of Agriculture; and P30DK46200 from the Human Metabolic and Genetics Core Laboratory of the Boston Obesity Nutrition Research Center program. Dr Dansinger was supported by grant T32 HS00060 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Role of the Sponsors: The General Clinical Research Center scientific staff provided consultation in the design of the study. The General Clinical Research Center nursing staff provided assistance with the data collection. No sponsor participated in the analysis or interpretation of the data, manuscript preparation, review, or approval, or the decision to publish.

Acknowledgment: We thank Wenjun Li, PhD, from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, for statistical assistance; Judith McNamara, MT, and Kourosh Zonous-Hashemi, BS, from the Lipid Metabolism Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center, Tufts University, for performing the lipoprotein analyses; Elias Seyoum, PhD, from the Nutrition Evaluation Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center, Tufts University, for performing the insulin assays; the General Clinical Research Center staff from Tufts-New England Medical Center for technical assistance; Kendrin Sonneville, MS, RD, and Jacquelyn Stamm, MS, RD, for performing diet record analyses; and Sylvia Peterson, for administrative support.

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