Table 7.

Dietary survey with BDHQs

	group	n	0 week				12 weeks				P-value2
			Mean	±	SE	P-value1	Mean	±	SE	P-value1
Energy	Placebo	21	1864	±	143	0.122	1664	±	130	0.426	0.090
	Choline	20	1571	±	117		1526	±	110		0.585
Protein	Placebo	21	74.9	±	7.2	0.048*	68.1	±	6.9	0.276	0.095
	Choline	20	58.0	±	3.9		59.1	±	4.0		0.737
Fat	Placebo	21	60.3	±	5.2	0.152	52.2	±	4.6	0.642	0.004†
	Choline	20	50.6	±	4.0		49.3	±	4.0		0.637
Carbohydrates	Placebo	21	233	±	15.3	0.280	215	±	15.2	0.402	0.370
	Choline	20	206	±	18.7		196	±	15.9		0.518
Salt equivalent	Placebo	21	11.5	±	1.1	0.068	10.5	±	0.9	0.436	0.111
	Choline	20	9.3	±	0.5		9.7	±	0.6		0.448

Mean ± SE of 20 or 21 subjects

^*statistical significance by Student’s t-test for between-group at P < 0.05

^†statistical significance by Paired t-test for within-group at P < 0.05