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. 2024 Jun 5:19322968241256475. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1177/19322968241256475

Table 2.

Energy Intake and Dietary Composition of Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner in the Whole Cohort and in ↑FatProt and ↑CHO Groups (Mean ± SD).

↑FatProt ↑CHO
BREAKFAST (n = 570) Overall C/FP ≤2.18 C/FP >2.18 P-value
Energy (kcal) 200 ± 102 a 202 ± 104 197 ± 100 .539
Carbohydrate (g) 30.2 ± 15.8 a 26.3 ± 13.9 34.2 ± 16.7 <.001
Sugar (g) 14.8 ± 9.1 13.1 ± 7.3 16.6 ± 10.4 <.001
Fiber (g) 1.6 ± 1.8 a 1.3 ± 1.3 2.0 ± 2.2 <.001
Protein (g) 7.2 ± 3.9 a 8.6 ± 3.6 5.9 ± 3.6 <.001
Fat (g) 6.1 ± 4.7 a 7.5 ± 5.1 4.8 ± 3.8 <.001
Glycemic index (%) 50.7 ± 15.4 a 48.2 ± 15.3 53.3 ± 15.0 <.001
Glycemic load (units) 14.6 ± 9.8 a 13.1 ± 8.7 16.1 ± 10.6 <.001
C/FP 3.6 ± 6.2 a
LUNCH (n = 658) C/FP ≤1.59 C/FP >1.59
Energy (kcal) 618 ± 268 680 ± 290 557 ± 229 <.001
Carbohydrate (g) 75.1 ± 32.8 b 65.2 ± 30.4 85.1 ± 32.2 <.001
Sugar (g) 14.9 ± 11.2 13.9 ± 10.4 15.8 ± 11.9 .038
Fiber (g) 7.7 ± 5.4 b 7.7 ± 5.5 7.8 ± 5.3 .759
Protein (g) 27.8 ± 17.4 b 35.4 ± 18.8 20.1 ± 11.4 <.001
Fat (g) 23.3 ± 15.8 b 30.7 ± 17.5 16.0 ± 9.4 <.001
Glycemic index (%) 53.4 ± 13.7 b 56.0 ± 13.9 50.9 ± 13.1 <.001
Glycemic load (units) 38.4 ± 20.4 34.9 ± 17.4 42.0 ± 22.5 <.001
C/FP 1.9 ± 1.9 b
DINNER (n = 619) C/FP ≤1.02 C/FP >1.02
Energy (kcal) 640 ± 287 646 ± 285 634 ± 290 .611
Carbohydrate (g) 64.2 ± 36.7 46.1 ± 24.8 82.3 ± 37.9 <.001
Sugar (g) 14.7 ± 12.0 11.6 ± 10.1 17.7 ± 13.0 <.001
Fiber (g) 7.1 ± 4.7 6.3 ± 4.5 8.0 ± 4.7 <.001
Protein (g) 33.7 ± 16.5 39.1 ± 16.8 28.2 ± 14.3 <.001
Fat (g) 27.5 ± 18.5 33.5 ± 19.8 21.5 ± 14.9 <.001
Glycemic index (%) 63.4 ± 17.7 61.4 ± 15.1 65.4 ± 19.8 .005
Glycemic load (units) 40.0 ± 31.1 27.5 ± 17.1 52.7 ± 36.5 <.001
C/FP 1.3 ± 1.0
a

P < .05 vs lunch and dinner; bP < .05 vs dinner, by post hoc ANOVA. Unpaired t-test.