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Published in final edited form as: Nutr Res. 2024 Feb 2;128:1–13. doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2024.01.010

Table 3.

Nutritional intake1 for adherent vegan and adherent omni at months 3, 6, and 12 among African Americans with overweight/obesity.

Macro- and
Micronutrients
Month 3 Month 6 Month 12
Adherent
Vegan
(n=32)
(mean, SE)
Adherent
Omni
(n=20)
(mean,
SE)
Diff.
(mean,
SE)
P Adherent
Vegan
(n=23)
(mean,
SE)
Adherent
Omni
(n=18)
(mean,
SE)
Diff.
(mean,
SE)
P Adherent
Vegan
(n=27)
(mean,
SE)
Adherent
Omni
(n=21)
(mean,
SE)
Diff.
(mean,
SE)
P
Absolute Intake
 Total energy, kcal/d 1322 (74) 1213 (94) 109 (120) 0.4 1461 (103) 1444 (116) 17 (156) 0.9 1547 (103) 1415 (116) 131 (156) 0.4
 Total fat, g 43.9 (3.6) 46.6 (4.5) −2.6 (5.8) 0.6 51.3 (5.9) 54.6 (6.7) −3.3 (8.9) 0.7 60.6 (6.6) 51.9 (7.4) 8.7 (9.9) 0.4
 Saturated fat, g 8.6 (1.0) 11.6 (1.2) −3.1 (1.5) 0.05 10.1 (1.6) 14.4 (1.8) −4.3 (2.5) 0.1 11.2 (1.5) 13.9 (1.7) −2.7 (2.2) 0.2
 Monounsaturated fat, g 16.1 (1.5) 17.2 (1.9) −1.1 (2.4) 0.6 20.5 (2.6) 19.8 (2.9) 0.7 (3.9) 0.9 23.3 (3.0) 17.6 (3.4) 5.6 (4.6) 0.2
 Polyunsaturated fat, g 15.8 (1.3) 13.9 (1.6) 1.9 (2.1) 0.4 16.8 (1.9) 15.7 (2.2) 1.1 (3.0) 0.7 21.5 (2.2) 16.0 (2.5) 5.6 (3.3) 0.1
 Cholesterol, mg 18.6 (9.0) 105.3 (11.4) −86.8 (14.8) <.001 17.6 (24.4) 182.3 (27.6) −164.7 (36.9) <.001 35.1 (14.5) 120.5 (16.4) −85.4 (21.9) <.001
 Carbohydrates, g 199.3 (10.5) 149.0 (13.3) 50.3 (16.9) 0.01 216.1 (13.1) 183.5 (14.9) 32.6 (20.0) 0.1 214.3 (13.5) 186.6 (15.4) 27.6 (20.7) 0.2
 Sugar, g 75.7 (5.7) 54.7 (7.3) 21.0 (9.3) 0.03 73.2 (6.6) 69.6 (7.4) 3.7 (10.0) 0.7 78.3 (7.0) 75.1 (7.9) 3.1 (10.7) 0.8
 Fibers, g 30.7 (2.0) 18.0 (2.6) 12.8 (3.3) <.001 33.7 (2.7) 20.6 (3.1) 13.1 (4.1) 0.003 31.8 (2.3) 23.4 (2.7) 8.4 (3.5) 0.02
 Proteins, g 40.9 (3.2) 49.3 (4.1) −8.4 (5.3) 0.1 46.8 (4.4) 57.1 (5.0) −10.3 (6.6) 0.1 47.7 (4.8) 61.4 (5.5) −13.7 (7.3) 0.1
 Alcohol, g 2.9 (1.8) 4.9 (2.3) −2.0 (3.0) 0.5 1.2 (1.7) 4.4 (2.0) −3.2 (2.6) 0.2 2.1 (0.9) −0.1 (1.1) 2.3 (1.4) 0.1
 Sodium, mg 2297 (155) 2152 (196) 145 (251) 0.6 2351 (169) 2624 (192) −273 (256) 0.3 2678 (186) 2739 (211) −61 (282) 0.8
 Calcium, mg 712.4 (54.3) 610.4 (68.8) 102.0 (87.8) 0.3 740.6 (61.3) 682.2 (69.4) 58.4 (93.3) 0.5 837.8 (78.6) 743.2 (89.2) 94.6 (119.6) 0.4
 Iron, mg 12.8 (0.7) 9.2 (0.9) 3.6 (1.1) 0.002 15.4 (1.4) 13.1 (1.6) 2.3 (2.2) 0.3 13.4 (1.4) 15.3 (1.6) −1.9 (2.1) 0.4
Nutrient Density
 Total fat, % energy 29.3 (1.4) 34.1 (1.8) −4.7 (2.3) 0.05 29.2 (2.0) 34.5 (2.3) −5.4 (3.0) 0.1 33.0 (2.0) 32.2 (2.2) 0.8 (3.0) 0.8
 Carbohydrates, % energy 60.8 (1.7) 51.1 (2.2) 9.6 (2.8) 0.001 61.1 (2.1) 51.5 (2.4) 9.5 (3.2) 0.01 57.8 (2.0) 53.0 (2.3) 4.8 (3.1) 0.1
 Proteins, % energy 12.7 (0.7) 15.9 (0.9) −3.2 (1.1) 0.01 13.3 (0.8) 15.5 (0.9) −2.2 (1.3) 0.1 12.5 (0.9) 17.6 (1.1) −5.1 (1.5) 0.001
 Sodium, mg/1000 kcal 1828 (110) 1798 (140) 30 (181) 0.9 1721 (102) 1843 (115) −121 (154) 0.4 1834 (86) 1935 (97) −101 (131) 0.4
 Calcium, mg/1000 kcal 554.7 (53.7) 562.8 (68.0) −8.0 (87.0) 0.9 571.7 (44.8) 479.5 (50.7) 92.2 (68.0) 0.2 562.9 (38.5) 544.4 (43.7) 18.5 (58.5) 0.8
 Iron, mg/1000 kcal 100.5 (7.5) 87.1 (9.5) 13.4 (12.1) 0.3 110.2 (93 94.0 (10.6) 16.2 (14.3) 0.3 93.1 (8.5) 106.8 (9.7) −13.7 (13.0) 0.3
1

Adjusted for baseline (month 0) consumption as a covariate in regression models.

Statistically significant (P<0.05) changes are bolded.

Abbreviations: diff, difference; g, grams; mg, milligrams; omni, omnivorous; SE, standard error