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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Diet Assoc. 2010 Feb;110(2):291–295. doi: 10.1016/j.jada.2009.10.041

Table 2.

Percent contribution of plant protein to daily total protein intake from food groups by time and treatment

% of daily total protein intakea Control Established Established+DASH
Unadjusted Mean (SD) Baseline 6 Month 18 Month Baseline 6 Month 18 Month Baseline 6 Month 18 Month
LEGUMES 1.3 (3.2) 0.6 (4.0) 0.4 (1.9) 1.1 (2.9) 0.3 (1.6) 0.5 (2.4) 1.2 (2.9) 0.1 (0.6) 0.4 (2.4)
SWEETSc 1.7 (2.3) 1.1 (1.8) 0.7 (1.9) 1.4 (2.3) 1.3 (2.0) 1.4 (2.1) 1.3 (2.2) 0.9 (1.6) 0.7 (1.3)
NUT/SEEDh 1.8 (4.1) 1.3 (3.3) 1.7 (4.4) 1.7 (4.0) 1.6 (3.4) 1.9 (4.7) 2.0 (4.8) 1.1 (2.6) 1.7 (3.8)
FRUITcdgh 2.1 (2.5) 2.4 (2.6) 2.3 (2.3) 1.9 (1.9) 2.7 (2.7) 2.5 (2.1) 1.8 (1.8) 4.6 (3.1) 4.0 (3.3)
WHOLE GRAINSg 4.3 (5.3) 4.1 (5.6) 4.1 (5.5) 3.7 (4.9) 5.3 (6.4) 4.1 (5.4) 3.6 (5.1) 4.6 (5.0) 3.7 (4.3)
VEGETABLESh 6.0 (4.4) 7.5 (5.5) 7.4 (5.8) 6.2 (4.3) 7.8 (5.5) 7.0 (5.3) 5.9 (3.7) 8.3 (5.4) 9.0 (5.6)
REFINED GRAINScdg 14.7 (7.4) 13.9 (9.1) 13.5 (7.7) 14.5 (7.4) 12.9 (7.5) 12.6 (6.7) 14.5 (6.9) 10.3 (6.3) 11.3 (7.5)
SUM 35.2 (12.5) 34.2 (13.0) 34.1 (12.5) 33.5 (12.6) 34.8 (12.3) 33.1 (11.6) 33.5 (11.5) 32.8 (9.9) 33.7 (12.6)
a

Values represent mean percent contribution from each food group to the daily total protein intakes.

b

Significant effect in time,

c

treatment,

d

time x treatment interaction,

e

gender,

f

race,

g

age, and

h

weight from the mixed model analysis, p<0.0015.

Only food sources contributed >1% are listed.