Contrast Results

Repeated contrasts were chosen, so each contrast compares the weight or triglyceride level at one time period to the weight or triglyceride level at the following period. The contrasts for TG all have significance values greater than 0.10, indicating that the diet did not have an effect on triglyceride levels. This means that the significant reults of the multivariate tests are due to the effect of the diet on weight. The contrasts for WGT all have significance values less than 0.05, indicating that the diet did have an effect on weight, since at each time period, the patients are making progress toward the final weight. See the estimated marginal means to see actual values for the weights and triglyceride levels from time period to time period.

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