Author/Authors :
The WHT:FSMP Investigatorʹs Group In Alphabetical order، نويسنده , , Deborah Bowen، نويسنده , , Carolyn K. Clifford، نويسنده , , Ralph Coates، نويسنده , , Marguerite Evans، نويسنده , , Ziding Feng، نويسنده , , Mona Fouad، نويسنده , , Valerie George، نويسنده , , Terence Gerace، نويسنده , , James E. Grizzle، نويسنده , , W. Dallas Hall، نويسنده , , Marsha Hearn، نويسنده , , Maureen Henderson، نويسنده , , Mark Kestin، نويسنده , , Alan Kristal، نويسنده , , Elizabeth Teng Leary، نويسنده , , Cora E. Lewis، نويسنده , , Albert Oberman، نويسنده , , Ross Prentice، نويسنده , , James Raczynski، نويسنده , , et al.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
The Womenʹs Health Trial: Feasibility Study in Minority Populations (WHT:FSMP), a randomized trial of 2208 women, was conducted to investigate three questions. First, can women from minority and low-socioeconomic-status populations be recruited in numbers sufficient to evaluate a dietary intervention designed to lower fat intake. Second, the efficacy of a low fat, increased fruit/vegetable/ grain product intervention for reducing fat consumption. Third, will participation in the intervention lower plasma cholesterol and estradiol levels relative to the controls. The baseline results showed that an adequate number of minority and low SES women could be recruited to test the study hypotheses. A diverse study population of postmenopausal women consuming a high fat diet was recruited: 28% of participants were Black, 16% were Hispanic, 11% had less than a high school level of education, and 15.5% had household incomes of < $15,000.
Keywords :
Weight , Intervention , Minorities , dietary fat , cholesterol , clinical trial , Author Keywords: Womenיs health
