Table 2.
Dietary intakes of study participants throughout the study: women with gestational diabetes mellitus, Arak, Iran, March–July 2014
| Placebo group* (n 30) | Ca + vitamin D group† (n 30) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | P value‡ | |
| Energy (kJ/d) | 10 205 | 707 | 10 063 | 845 | 0·49 |
| Energy (kcal/d) | 2439 | 169 | 2405 | 202 | 0·49 |
| Fat (g/d) | 89·3 | 14·7 | 87·9 | 15·9 | 0·73 |
| Protein (g/d) | 86·6 | 7·7 | 87·0 | 16·7 | 0·89 |
| Carbohydrate (g/d) | 331·6 | 32·4 | 324·6 | 46·2 | 0·50 |
| SFA (g/d) | 25·9 | 5·6 | 25·8 | 6·5 | 0·99 |
| PUFA (g/d) | 28·9 | 8·1 | 27·9 | 7·0 | 0·60 |
| MUFA (g/d) | 23·5 | 5·1 | 24·7 | 7·3 | 0·48 |
| Cholesterol (mg/d) | 211·0 | 114·8 | 231·7 | 131·4 | 0·51 |
| Total dietary fibre (g/d) | 18·9 | 4·9 | 17·5 | 4·9 | 0·23 |
| Ca (mg/d) | 1185·1 | 165·2 | 1139·5 | 134·2 | 0·24 |
| Vitamin D (µg/d) | 3·0 | 0·8 | 2·8 | 0·9 | 0·41 |
*
Received placebo for Ca (daily for 6 weeks) and placebo for vitamin D twice during the study: at study baseline and day 21 of the intervention.
†
Received calcium carbonate 1000 mg/d for 6 weeks plus a pearl containing 1250 µg (50 000 IU) of cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) twice during the study: at study baseline and day 21 of the intervention.
‡
Obtained from an independent-samples Student’s t test.