Table 2.

Mean ± SD of energy, macronutrients, and micronutrients intake at baseline and post-intervention.

Variables	Baseline (n = 25)	Post-intervention (n = 25)	p-value**
Energy (kcal/d)
Control group	1947.61 ± 181.10	1912.17 ± 131.71	0.17
Intervention group	2003.38 ± 159.95	1973.25 ± 176.89	0.18
p-value*	0.25	0.17
Carbohydrate (g/d)
Control group	252.95 ± 22.90	250.06 ± 16.54	0.35
Intervention group	260.87 ± 20.91	258.133 ± 23.32	0.35
p-value*	0.20	0.16
Protein (g/d)
Control group	76.79 ± 6.99	75.52 ± 4.82	0.21
Intervention group	79.37 ± 6.16	78.13 ± 6.90	0.15
p-value*	0.17	0.12
Fat (g/d)
Control group	68.61 ± 5.86	67.29 ± 4.11	0.11
Intervention group	70.76 ± 5.52	69.71 ± 6.38	0.16
p-value*	0.18	0.11
Cholesterol (g/d)
Control group	153.11 ± 34.13	152.26 ± 31.60	0.56
Intervention group	144.18 ± 39.52	145.23 ± 41.29	0.44
p-value*	0.39	0.50
Vitamin A (mcg/d)
Control group	373.41 ± 109.91	395.38 ± 83.53	0.21
Intervention group	375.89 ± 142.71	367.95 ± 102	0.77
p-value*	0.94	0.30
Beta-Carotene (mcg/d)
Control group	4371.53 ± 1631.69	4360.10 ± 1178.56	0.97
Intervention group	4434.78 ± 1738.14	4079.71 ± 1005.72	0.32
p-value*	0.89	0.37
Selenium (mcg/d)
Control group	47.99 ± 21.21	51.96 ± 16.51	0.46
Intervention group	58.08 ± 22.33	51.52 ± 22.71	0.27
p-value*	0.10	0.93
Vitamin C (mg/d)
Control group	99.00 ± 38.93	97.27 ± 29.88	0.81
Intervention group	87.33 ± 30.97	94.81 ± 33.01	0.40
p-value*	0.24	0.78
α-tocopherol (mg/d)
Control group	7.70 ± 1.68	7.51 ± 1.67	0.15
Intervention group	7.40 ± 1.95	7.60 ± 2.10	0.46
p-value*	0.56	0.86
Vitamin E (mg/d)
Control group	2.36 ± 0.70	2.18 ± 0.56	0.17
Intervention group	2.22 ± 0.69	2.17 ± 0.51	0.75
p-value*	0.47	0.91

*p < 0.05 was considered as significant at baseline and significant post-intervention using Independent T-test between two groups. **p < 0.05 was considered as significant using Paired T-test (within group).