Table 2.

Nutrients and dietary intakes of the participants

Variables	Football players (n = 45)	Non-athletes (n = 45)	All participants (n = 90)	P-value*
Energy (Kcal)	2563.12 ± 136.99	2354.31 ± 130.38	2458.72 ± 169.42	< 0.001
Carbohydrate (%Energy)	56.00 ± 3.35	52.75 ± 2.91	54.37 ± 3.52	< 0.001
Protein (%Energy)	12.65 ± 1.07	11.80 ± 1.07	12.23 ± 1.14	< 0.001
Fat (%Energy)	31.34 ± 3.08	35.43 ± 2.74	33.39 ± 3.55	< 0.001
Food Groups
Vegetables (g/day)	327.04 ± 112.67	275.88 ± 97.26	301.46 ± 107.77	0.01
Fruits (g/day)	266.88 ± 124.21	206.71 ± 100.78	236.79 ± 116.46	0.009
Nuts (g/day)	23.14 ± 18.21	19.44 ± 9.76	21.29 ± 14.65	0.25
Legumes (g/day)	71.03 ± 13.30	67.19 ± 16.99	69.11 ± 15.29	0.19
Dairy (g/day)	271.70 ± 105.58	192.62 ± 80.25	232.16 ± 101.37	< 0.001
Coffee (g/day)	65.79 ± 10.19	15.78 ± 2.91	40.79 ± 5.89	< 0.001
Poultry and fish (g/day)	17.11 ± 9.56	16.99 ± 9.18	17.05 ± 9.32	0.95
Potato (g/day)	41.29 ± 11.52	35.91 ± 11.05	38.60 ± 11.55	0.02
Sugar (g/day)	5.33 ± 0.86	8.59 ± 0.09	6.96 ± 0.26	0.02
Refined grains (g/day)	461.54 ± 87.21	418.02 ± 88.95	439.78 ± 90.28	0.009
Red meats (g/day)	28.11 ± 9.89	40.49 ± 15.01	34.30 ± 14.09	< 0.001
Processed meats (g/day)	9.38 ± 2.73	8.37 ± 2.35	8.86 ± 2.54	0.34
Solid oil and butter (g/day)	6.22 ± 3.37	9.06 ± 2.37	7.64 ± 3.07	0.005
Sweets and chocolates (g/day)	40.23 ± 17.09	32.61 ± 14.52	36.38 ± 16.21	0.02

Variables are mean ± SD

*P-value is based on GEE model with identity link function and exchangeable correlation structure (study groups were matched for age and BMI)

Bold p-value (< 0.05) is considered as statistically significant